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Telefax: +91-22-2925 5279 E-mail: [email protected] www.newmediacomm.com PAGE West Bengal Police Headquarters PROTECTORS Bhabani Bhaban, 31/A, Belevedere Road, Alipur, KRISHNA SARKAR – THE ‘BUTTERFLY Kolkata - 700 027, West Bengal, India 73 WOMAN’ OF BENGAL EPABX Number: 91(033)-2479-4035/4036/4056/4057 Editor: Anurag Sinha Printed & Published by Anurag Sinha Printed at: Mumbai Enterprises, Sakinaka, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai and Published From Flat 2B /303, Avishikta-1, PAGE CRIME FIGHTERS Near Ruby Hospital, Kolkata-700078. CYBER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN The news items and information published herein have been 76 INDIA AND THE LAWS collected from various sources, which are considered to be reliable. Readers are however requested to verify the facts before making business decisions using the same. The West Bengal PROTECTOR 5 From the desk oF the editor Human trafficking is the fastest growing organized crime in the world. As per reports generated by different NGOs and government-run security agencies, every year more than 700,000 people are ferried across the world illegally. Observers believe that the trafficking industry has grown by leaps and bounds within a very short span of time. It is giving tough competition to the drug trafficking industry which is sitting tight at the top-most position of the crime ladder. According to a report published by Thompson Reuters Foundation, almost more than 20,000 women and children have fallen prey to human trafficking in 2016. The report also hinted towards a steep rise in the numbers. This unforeseen surge in the number of human trafficking has also brought forth several restrictive measures initiated by states which are the worst affected by this malice. The bordering states of India such as West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra have rolled out multiple measures to nip this crime in the bud. Cops of these states are joining hands and working in tandem with Women and Child Welfare Department of their respective states. Amongst many of these projects, Kanyashree and Swayangsiddha have reaped unparallel results within a very short span of time and created a wave of awareness amongst young children and women who are vulnerable. These sensitization campaigns have successfully bolstered a movement against human trafficking and added fuel to the sulking morale of the millions of victims who have been subjected to trafficking across the globe. Still, the registrations of human trafficking cases are minimal. Still victims of human trafficking bear the brunt of the crime and stay away from the legal ecosystem. Thus, it is important for us, as a society, to join hands and start a crusade against this crime and build opinions and shatter taboos which are dovetailed with crimes like human trafficking to build a better future for the generations to come. Happy Reading Satya Swaroop Managing Editor [email protected] The West Bengal PROTECTOR 6 From the desk oF dGP Here’s wishing everybody a very happy New Year. I would also like to appreciate the entire force for their relentless service during the long festive season and congratulate them for their immaculate performance in seeing off the grand GangaSagar Mela which is considered to be having one of the highest footfalls in the country. I also congratulate all citizens and men and women in Khaki for joining hands and making Traffic Safety Week a great success. Safe Drive Save Life initiative has already changed the present architecture of traffic management in Bengal and has significantly brought down road accidents. In the First Anniversary edition of West Bengal Protector we are bringing forth a slew of initiatives that we rolled out across the state of Bengal to shield Human Trafficking. Swayangsiddha is leading the pack no doubt. For us, what is heartening is Bengal reports some of the highest recoveries and a humane approach. Swayangsiddha, a youth-led, preventive action plan of the West Bengal Police, has been extremely successful in remote corners of the state, bringing about a socio-economic change. Kanyashree the globally acclaimed, state-of-the-art project recognizes freedom and dignity of women folk and aims to give them more power by identifying their potential and caliber. The move identifies organized and positive forces within society to combat coordinated crime in the form of human trafficking and another social evil — child marriage. West Bengal Police attempts to achieve steady and long-lasting solutions of not only problems related to Police interface but also in working out a healthy and nurturing Police Public relationship. With newer challenges emerging and the society moving fast in all directions, we are committed to put in our best in building up professionalism and offering selfless and dedicated service to our citizens. Surajit Kar Purkayastha, IPS Director General & Inspector General of Police The West Bengal PROTECTOR 9 Photo STORY NurturiNg The West Bengal PROTECTOR 10 tomorrow The West Bengal PROTECTOR 11 Photo STORY The West Bengal PROTECTOR 12 The West Bengal PROTECTOR 13 LeAd STORY addressiNg humaN traffiCkiNg: CraCkiNg the epiCeNtre By Sanjoy Mukherjee, IPS, ADGP CID The West Bengal PROTECTOR 14 est Bengal Police have been destination for those searching who on the plea of providing W fighting a tough war for jobs and a better standard of them good jobs in metropolitan against human trafficking. But living in a democratically mature cities and other urban areas the threat still looms large and state. traffic them and then sell them continues to haunt some of the With globalization off. bordering districts of Bengal. encouraging movement across Traffickers also approach West Bengal Police over the borders, aspiring migrants, poor families on the pretext of years has undertaken a wide either unaware of the hazards of marrying their daughters. They range of steps to combat this migration or unable to bear the even promise to pay money. threat and achieved significant legal costs of documentation and After marriage, the girls are sold results. legal entry, fall easy prey to off and become untraceable. human smugglers and Traffickers also build up (A) Discuss the problem traffickers. love relationships with young at large West Bengal and West Bengal shares long Bangladesh international borders with share over Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. 2216 A range of socio-economic kilometers factors in the region is a cause of of border, a human trafficking across these significant areas, particularly with respect to portion of women and children. West which is Bengal is both a destination and porous and a conduit for trafficking in vulnerable humans, many of whom face to cross- sexual exploitation. border movement. The significant factors that Similarly, currently facilitate it in West Bhutan and Bengal are: Nepal borders are open and there girls, promising to marry them Significant socio-economic is no hindrance in cross-border and settle in urban areas. This disparities between the people of movement. Taking advantage of way, they obtain the trust and neighbouring countries and the vulnerability in confidence and then traffic them India have always been the neighbouring countries, gullible and sell them off. driving force behind trafficking migrants, made vulnerable by in the area.