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Police on lookout for suspected terror operatives in the guise of bar girls
The current police crackdown against brothels and beer bars for rescuing minor girls from being pushed to flesh trade is part of an intelligence tip off about a large scale trafficking of these girls from Bangladesh.
Informed intelligence sources claimed that several organised girl trafficking rackets, originating from the districts of West Bengal which borders Bangladesh, have become active during the past six months. This was on account of the largescale exodus of Bangladeshis into India recently (the exodus took place just before the Lok Sabha polls for political reasons).
Constant crop failure due to protracted natural calamities like flood and cyclones, have played havoc in that country and people have little option but flee to India in search of livelihood, sources said.
"And the organised girl trafficking gangs are cashing in on the situation by inducing the hapless families with monetary aid or job promises," sources added.
More than just trafficking them for flesh trade, what the intelligence agencies fear is that some of these girls could actually be terrorist conduits who are being sent in tow with others.
Nevertheless, the Mumbai police is confronted with another problem in the post- rescue period. In many cases, the girls don't want to go back to their native places because of social castigation, while in others, they are the breadwinners of their families.
Most of the rescued minor girls are sent to the Special Rehabilitation Centre at Deonar, which is facing the problem of over crowding after the recent spate of raids. To overcome the problem, the Deonar centre is also in the process of sending some of them to the various such centres located in the North-Eastern Centres. But precedence shows that they run away from those centres and get back to their train to Mumbai after a few months.
Meanwhile, when contacted, joint
commissioner of police (crime) Dr. Satyapal Singh said that the police
are in consultation with the state government to find a 'durable' solution
for the minor trafficking menace. "Apart from introducing severe punitive
action against the traffickers, bar owners and brothel keepers (also pimps),
we are going to address the larger issue," Dr. Singh added.
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