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Immoral trafficking: Only spl officers can investigate, says HC
KOCHI: Police investigation in immoral trafficking cases would be invalid if the probe is not conducted by police officers specially authorized for dealing with such cases as per Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, the Kerala high court held.
The ruling by Justice P D Rajan came after considering a petition filed by C P Raju of Pampady in Kottayam challenging investigation in a case registered against him accusing him of immoral trafficking by the sub inspector of Keezhvaipur police station.
As per the Act, state government has to appoint police officers not below the rank of inspectors as special police officers to deal with offences under the immoral trafficking prevention law.
In the case in question, the FIR was registered by circle inspector of Mallappally, who was the special officer designated for the area. After search and arrest, further investigation was entrusted to Keezhvaipur sub inspector.
Power of investigation in offences under the immoral trafficking prevention law is a mandatory one and such power cannot be delegated to other subordinate officers unless the law says so, the court held.
"A non-empowered officer without conferring any power under the Act has no power to investigate or detect or prevent such acts which is clear in Section 14. However, any special officer can seek assistance of a police officer under him which does not mean that the assistant police officers are competent to investigate the offence, since they are not specially appointed by the statute," the court held.
Quashing the final report filed by the SI, the court held, "Considering that legal aspect, the investigation conducted by the SI of police, Keezhvaipur, is invalid according to the Act and the final report submitted by him is not in accordance with law. If that be so, a trial based upon the charge is a mere abuse of process of court."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Immoral-trafficking-Only-spl-officers-can-investigate-says-HC/articleshow/34449350.cms
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Book by UNODC on SAARC country trafficking
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2011/Responses_to_Human_Trafficking_in_Bangladesh_India_Nepal_and_Sri_Lanka.pdf
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
New hope for human trafficking victims as Delhi High Court rides to the rescue Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2478505/New-hope-human-trafficking-victims-Delhi-High-Court-rides-rescue.html#ixzz2jBylFP7c Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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Train police to improve handling of human trafficking cases, says ex-DGP - The Hindu
Train police to improve handling of human trafficking cases, says ex-DGP - The Hindu
Dr P M Nair IPS on human trafficking and Law enforcement
Dr P M Nair IPS on human trafficking and Law enforcement
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Two get life term for human trafficking
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
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.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Human trafficking racket busted in Hyderabad
TNN | Dec 11, 2012, 02.14 AM IST
HYDERABAD: Task Force busted a cross-border human trafficking racket and arrested seven persons, including six Bangladeshi nationals, on Monday.
Acting on a specific alert, a Task Force team raided a brothel operating at house number 1-6-197/1/F, located at Bapuji Nagar in Musheerabad and arrested its organisers Bithi alias Roma, 28, Shamim Hossain, 42, Raj Mondal, working as an assistant to Dr Bose, who runs a clinic at Charminar Bus Depot, sex workers, Liza, 20, Julie, 25, a 14-year-old minor of Bangladesh and a customer, Bapi Ghosh, 43, from West Bengal.
According to police, Bithi along with her husband came to India eight years ago through illegal means and stayed in Nadia district of West Bengal. Four years ago, she divorced her husband and came to Hyderabad as a sex worker. A year ago, she went to Bangladesh again and there she came in contact with Shamim Hossain. To earn easy money, Bithi and Shamim Hossain decided to set up a brothel in Hyderabad. They had discussed the issue with Raj Mondal, a relative of Bithi, and started a brothel in Musheerabad after bringing in three sex workers from Bangladesh.
Task Force police said all the arrested Bangladeshis crossed the border illegally at Benapole-Bangaon area with the help of brokers.
"According to the culprits, it costs nothing more than Rs 2,000 to cross the border without any documents," additional DCP (Task Force) P Rameshaiah said.
Police seized Rs 2,000 cash, a passport, various identity cards and five cell phones from them. They have been handed over to the Musheerabad police for further probe.
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