Every Exploited Victim

March 2014 NEWSLETTER

EVERY EXPLOITED VICTIM

NEEDS JUSTICE &

FRUITFULL FUTURE AHEAD

Ms. Triveni Acharya

President

The prime objective of Rescue Foundation has always been to protect the rights of the trafficked victims. Our mission is to reinstate human rights to victims of human trafficking, trafficked from Bangladesh, Nepal and India who are sexually abused and are sold for forced prostitution.  Three Girls Rescued from Pune Red light area..

Pune: Our Pune investigation staff was in constant touch with an undercover about the new girls arrived in Farazkhana, the relight area of Pune. They were told that some suspicious activity has been noticed in the Begum building in Farazkhana. The investigation team sends an investigator and after many visits it was known that there are three girls on the first floor of Begum building who were forced into sex trade.

Second phase of in-brothel counseling started. Complete details were obtained from the victims. The Police team was contacted but was never given the location. On 31st March 2014 the Pune Rescue team along with the Police team proceeded for the brothel. As soon as the team reached the vicinity of the brothel, all the brothels were alerted by the pimps waiting on the road. Hence the team had to hurry, and reached the spot in a rush. Once there the brothel was found to be locked. There was no sign of habitat on the whole floor. The door was forced open and found that the brothel owner was hiding inside the washroom. And there were no girls in the brothel. The team started searching the place and found that there were 3 girls hidden on the mezzanine of the bathroom. They were rescued and brought to the Farazkhana Police Station. The legal procedure was completed and the girls were sent to the Protective Home of Rescue Foundation in Pune.

Now they are undergoing psycho social counseling by trained counselors.  2 GIRLS SAVED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF BROTHEL OWNER IN DELHI

FORCED INTO SEX TRADE AND TRAUMATISED 2 GIRLS SAVED FROM G B ROAD, ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS REDLIGHT DISTRICT IN NORTH INDIA.

Delhi: G B Road one of the biggest and the most notorious red light district of Northern India is known for the most brutal practices of forced sex slavery. Rescue Foundation always keeps a keen watch on the same. The informers and the undercover of the Foundation are active enough to even smell the rarest activity in the area. On 25th February 2014, one of the informer informed Triveni Acharya, the President of Rescue Foundation that two girls are seen crying and were manhandled by the brothel owner in one building (building number is not disclosed because of security reasons) on second floor. She immediately instructed the Delhi staff to initiate quick action.

The Delhi investigation officer sent a team to verify the details; the description of the girls was informed by the informer. Other than that no details was available. After 4 to 5 visits of the investigation team, the girls were identified and confirmed. They were told by the investigation team of RF, while in-brothel counseling that very soon the Rescue team of RF will come to Rescue them, together with the Police personals. A code word was given to them that once they enter the place the Rescue team will say that. The girls were convinced but very frightened, they were pacified by the Investigation officer RF.

On 3rd March 2014, the Rescue team approached the senior Police staff, they were convinced and the team started for the brothel. Till the time the team reaches second floor all the brothels in the building were shut down. There was a run about situation in the locality. The teams forced enter the brothel and shouted the code, which was already fixed up. After listening to the code both the girls came out from above the bathroom ceiling. They were overwhelmed and traumatized. They were both brought to the Police station and their statements were recorded. After which the procedure was completed to handover the girls to the women’s home and lodging the F.I.R against the brothel owner.

The girls are in Government protective home and are frequently visited by RF’s trained Counselors.

 THREE INNOCENT Girls FORCED IN SEX SLAVERY FREED FROM AGRA

AGRA, IN UTTAR PRADESH IS A WELL KNOWN TOURIST CENTRE. OTHER THAN THAT IT HAS RECENTLY ALSO DEVELOPED AS A CENTRE FOR SEX TOURISM. 3 GIRLS WERE RESCUED WHO WERE FORCED INTO THE SEX TRADE.

Agra:Well-knownworldwide for TAJMAHAL, Agra has recently developed into a sex tourism district as well. There is a specific red light area named Kashmiri Bazar in Agra. This hoards girls from all over India. There was information received by our Delhi Investigation team about some forced prostitution being done. The investigation staff of Delhi sent a team to Agra on the instruction of Ms. Triveni Acharya, President, Rescue Foundation. The team reached there and I the evening of 4th March 2014 visited the place informed by the informer. The girls described by the informer were not to be found in the brothel identified. Then the investigators called the informer and once again verified the brothel spot. It was a bit confusing as there is no name or numbers of the buildings, and it being located in between a jewellery market is very hard to locate any landmark. But at last the brothel was traced and three different investigation staff visited the place without showing proximity to each other. They identified three girls forced in sex trade there. After which they visited the place again on the next day morning and evening consequently. On 6th of March the team approached the Senior Superintendent of Police of that region. He assured about the rightful action against the perpetrators.

The SSP prepared a team of Women Police personals and his own staff and told the Rescue team to lead the way. The team reached the place and entered the brothel, three girls were found hidden on the terrace behind the promenade. The girls were brought to the Women Police Cell and after all the legal formalities they were sent to the Government Protection home.

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