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Poverty drove them into flesh trade
Are women from poor families only involved in the call girl racket? Be it as it may, this question is doing rounds in many circles following the busting of the racket in two city hotels recently in which cops nabbed 23 women and 28 men. They were booked under Immoral Trafficking Act.
Are women from poor families only involved in the call girl racket?
Be it as it may, this question is doing rounds in many circles following the busting of the racket in two city hotels recently in which cops nabbed 23 women and 28 men. They were booked under Immoral Trafficking Act. What came as a bolt from the blue was the revelation that three of the women were afflicted with AIDS. This was known following their tests in the microbiology department of the medical college.
For cops cracking this case it may be an addition of another good work in their kitty but little do they appear to realise that all their efforts in this case would probably be short-lived.
Sources say, once out on bail, most of them will be back in the same business.
This is because unlike the high profile call girls all these women had flung themselves into this rut because of extreme poverty. For most of them it was the problem of earning their their daily bread and bringing up their children which had forced them to lead a life of sin.
Unlike fashionable society girls from well-to-do families who take to this profession for leading five-star life style and at times ''a kick'', none of the nabbed women in this city appeared happy with the path they had chosen to earn some money.
Sadly, even after knowing the poor background of these women, neither the cops nor the administration has till date taken any steps to rehabilitate them so that they could lead a respectful life after they come out of the Nari Niketan.
Shockingly, no social group or NGO stepped forward to play the role of a good Samaritan in the lives of these condemned women.
Sister Shiba Jose of Sahyog admits all the women caught in the raid were from extremely poor families. It is true they are not happy with shady lives they had been leading but the problem lies in the fact that none of them want to work in households where we can get them jobs like cooking, cleaning, housekeeping etc. Despite being illiterate they want to work either in schools or office where only the literate can survive, she added.
