Combating trafficking of women and children : 2013

Two get life term for human trafficking TNN | Jun 27, 2013, 01.53 AM IST GUNTUR: In a sensational verdict, a district court in Guntur awarded life imprisonment to the accused in immoral trafficking case on Wednesday. The court sentenced two to life imprisonment (without mentioning the term), 14 years jail term for three, and 10 years imprisonment for one. While acquitting five of the 11 accused in the case, the first additional district sessions judge B Girija Manohar also imposed hefty penalties on the six main accused, who were given jail term. According to prosecution, Bade Padmasri of Undavalli village near Tadepalli had been luring innocent women and girls in the guise of providing them employment and forcing them into prostitution. Padmasri formed a gang of 11 people from various areas to trap gullible women and organised brothels with the trapped victims. In the process, she lured a minor girl from West Godavari district and two minor girls from Guntur district and sold them to another agent at Tenali. The parents of the missing minor girls in Guntur lodged a complaint with Pattabhipuram police and a case was registered on June 28, 2009. On a tipoff, the police conducted raids at the residence of one Tokala Padmavathi near Angalakudur village of Tenali mandal on July 12, 2009 and rescued all the three minor girls. Police arrested four accused on the spot and another seven during the course of investigation. The judge convicted Vangipuram Pitchi Babu and Prattipati Srinivasa Rao of Charlagudipadu in Gurazala mandal sentencing them to life imprisonment, Bade Padmasri, Tokala Padmavathi and Sampathi Venkata Ramakrishna of Guntur to 14 years imprisonment, Tirumalasetty Chalamareddy of Tenali to 10 years imprisonment. The court imposed a fine of Rs 83000 on Padmasri, Rs 50000 on Chalama Reddy, Rs 73000 on Padmavathi, and Rs 18000 on Ramakrishna.

Sunday, June 02, 2013

Gang arrested for abduction and rape of minor girl from AP | The Hindu

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

AP to get more anti-human trafficking units

AP to get more anti-human trafficking units Hyderabad: In its continuing efforts to tackle the menace of human trafficking, Andhra Pradesh police has proposed setting up of five more Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) across the state. "In order to address the human trafficking problem in a holistic manner, the state government has already set up five AHTUs in Andhra Pradesh. Now, proposals have been sent to the government for creation of five more AHTUs," a senior police officer in the Crime Investigation Department (CID) said. The new AHTUs are likely to come up at Warangal, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada and Visakhapatam, he said, adding the proposals have been forwarded to the government for approval. So far five AHTUs are functioning in Guntur, West Godavari, Anantapur, Karimnagar districts and at the Women Protection Cell of the CID here. During 2012, 379 cases of trafficking were registered in Andhra Pradesh up from 306 registered during 2011 and 537 victims including 15 minors were rescued in comparison to the previous year wherein 507 victims including 27 minors were rescued. As many 752 traffickers and 197 customers were also arrested during 2012 when compared to 646 traffickers and 250 customers respectively in the last year. Among other things, the AHTUs will deal with three important aspects of trafficking namely, prevention, protection and prosecution. It will act as a 'field level functional unit' to address the issue. The basic concept behind AHTU is to control human trafficking, which is one of the biggest rackets in the country. AHTUs will also conduct rescue operations with assistance of NGOs, Women and Child Department and Labour Welfare Department whenever they receive information about trafficking either from police sources or NGOs or from civil society, another police officer in the Women Protection Cell explained.

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Cops to launch app for women in distress