Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi on Sunday claimed that nearly 20,000 girls from tribal dominated areas of the state have been sold in metropolitans in the country in the past eight years.
Mr Jogi said trafficking of girls have mostly been witnessed in the tribal districts of Jashpur, Raigarh, Koriya, Korba and Sarguja. The girls, mostly minors, were lured by human traffickers with the promise of jobs and their rehabilitations outside the state and sold in cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi.
“The gullible girls have fallen victims to the human traffickers because of their poverty. The state BJP government is totally indifferent to the issue,” Mr Jogi said.
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Police outpost set afire after custody death
Age Correspondent
Lucknow, Nov. 13
A police post was set on fire in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Sunday by an agitated mob after one Ranjit Maurya, who was arrested for allegedly harassing a girl, died in police custody.
The mob torched the Tharkwa police outpost and set several vehicles on fire. The jeep of the circle officer of the Nighasan police station was also set on fire.
According to reports reaching here, Ranjit Maurya, 18, was taken into police custody by Tharkwa police on the complaint of village pradhan, Shyamu Verma, on Saturday. He was found hanging from the ceiling of a room.