Probe into trafficking of NE girls
Spl correspondent
NEW DELHI, Sept 26 – Responding to pleas for help, the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) has ordered an inquiry into the trafficking of girls from North-east to Singapore and Malaysia. Official sources said the Minister of State for OIA, Vayalar Ravi has ordered an inquiry into reports of girls being trafficked for sex work. A Singapore-based NGO allegedly sold the girls to night clubs in Kaula Lampur. Sources said the Minister has also alerted Indian embassies in Singapore and Malaysia to look into the complaints.The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) on the basis of an email from a priest lodged a complaint with the Ministry OIA alleging trafficking of Zeliangrong girls hailing from Tamenglong district in Manipur.The NGO has been allegedly recruiting girls from Manipur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Dimapur and Shillong. Five girls on their way to Singapore were intercepted and rescued at Dimapur recently, it was alleged