Human trafficking for brides on the rise in Haryana: NGO

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, January 7

Skewed sex ratio in the state and shortage of brides for eligible youth has given a boost to human trafficking as a large number of girls from several states had been procured as brides.

It was revealed by Ravi Kant, president of Shakti Vahini, a Delhi based voluntary organisation working in defending and promoting Human Rights, anti-trafficking and others.

He conducted a training programme for sensitisation of police officers at the mini- secretariat here today. Human trafficking is the third most heinous crime in the world after smuggling of drugs and arms and ammunition, he added.

Haryana is infamous for human trafficking of brides and the NGO had rescued several girls from the various parts of the state who were brought from WB, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Jharkhand and other parts for marriage purpose illegally, he added.

Citing one such case in which the victim was trafficked from Assam and was sold in Kaithal district. Efforts of the IO bore fruit and the accused was convicted, he added.

Karnal Range IG Hanif Qureshi inaugurated the training programme and urged that police officers should handle the cases related to women and children sensitively.

SP Pankaj Nain said, “Human trafficking is a menace and it is necessary for them to take up such issue sensitively.”