Campaign Against Bride Trafficking (INDIA)

In Morena district, a network of brokers who buy and sell girls from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for one and a half lakh rupees is active to get older men married. Recently, the case was revealed when a girl brought from Ambah from Bihar in Ambah accused her in-laws of harassment. On the complaint of this girl who turned out to be a minor in the investigation, the action is being taken to register a case against her husband and her in-laws.

After this case, Dainik Bhaskar did a sting operation and contacted the people associated with such network, then a broker bluntly said - Give me 1.25 lakh rupees, I guarantee I will buy you to 18 to 20 years old girl from Bihar. He also claimed to have 10 to 15 marriages by forging such purchases. There are more than two dozen brokers active in the network, who are looking for youths who are unable to get married even after they are financially prosperous. These brokers buy girls from Bihar, Banaras, Chhatarpur for more than 100 middle-aged virgins every year by taking a fee of Rs 50,000. This trend has also increased rapidly in the upper and rich communities.

The serious thing is that 50 per cent of these brides, after staying in the in-laws' house for two to three months, disappear with their belongings. Half of these cases do not even reach the police stations due to fear of social disgrace. A similar case was revealed in Ambah recently when the girl complained against her in-laws accusing them of harassment.

Cheating Found: The girl who was bought for around 0.5- 1 lakh absconded, missing in the police station.

1. A young man from a wealthy family living in Ganeshpura area of ​​the city brought a bride from Chhatarpur for one lakh rupees. Three months later, during the lockdown, the woman came out of her mother-in-law's Nainagarh road carrying bags in the afternoon and boarded a bus to Gwalior. From here she took a bus and reached her village Chhatarpur. The young man gave an application in City Kotwali and informed about his wife being missing but after the news of her arrival at home, the family sat silent.

2. A young man from a rich family living in Jaura brought a bride from Bihar for one lakh rupees through a broker six months ago. For two months her daughter-in-law lived in the house harmoniously. After this, she ran along with the cash and jewellery kept in the house. Fearing social shame, the family did not register a complaint with the police station.

The broker said - I want 50 thousand, I will get you married in this season only

Bhaskar reporter faked as Ramjeevan Gupta, Gwalior and talked to Broker Bindu Baniya on his landlord's mobile number 88157-63022. The recording of the conversation is safe with Bhaskar.

A small expert from Broker and Bhaskar's phone conversations,

Do not worry, I am guaranteeing I will do a solid job ...

Bhaskar: My son has a stall of Chat in Gwalior, has turned 35 years old. Settle something for him.

Broker: Okay, see me tomorrow.

I live in Gwalior. Where do you want to meet, Gwalior or Morena? Whatever you want.

Bhaskar - How much will they spend

Broker: Panditji must have told. It will cost 1.25 lakh rupees.

Bhaskar - It should not happen that our son becomes a victim of fraud.

Broker: We guarantee, nothing like this will happen.

Bhaskar- Money to be paid at one time or in instalments.

Broker: Give me 50 thousand when it's done.

Bhaskar - The girl must be of a young age.

Broker: Brother, get it, I have a party in Vikram Ganj Bihar. My wife also from the same village. I have done 15 ties so far. How old will your son be and what is his colour.

Bhaskar - 34-35 years old, dark coloured, but the girl should not be less than 20-22 years old.

Broker: You do not take tension, you will get 18 to a 19-year-old girl. There are many in Gwalior too. I am guaranteeing I will do a solid job. If the party comes, its expenses will be yours, and not there’s. I will go to Bihar, bring the party and then talk.

Bhaskar - Don't worry about your expenses.

Broker: I talk to them while sitting face to face. I will get them married in this season

The Hindi Daily Dainik Bhaskar had published their sting here... https://dainik-b.in/prKnFMgoAdb We have translated this news article to make it visible to anti trafficking Activists and agencies,

A  30-year-old woman was kidnapped from Bhopal, taken to Indore and Rajasthan where she was sold for Rs 2 lakh. The woman was then raped for 24 days before the police managed to track and rescue her. The woman was held captive, raped multiple times a day. She was threatened that if she mentioned about this to anyone, she would be murdered. Meanwhile, the Bhopal police officials tracked her mobile phone and reached the house in Alwar where she was allegedly being tortured.

The woman was living with her parents in Bhopal after divorce with her husband. She started working in a private firm to earn her livelihood, while working she came into contact with man namely Subhash Yadav who promised her good job in Indore, he promised her that new job will pay at least 15000/month.

They stayed in Indore for two days and later he asked her to accompany her to Alwar for urgent work. They reached Alwar court where she made to sign few Stamped documents in pretext of Job. Later she realised she have signed marriage document. Deaf and mute Bholaram Yadav son of Rohitash yadav resident of Majra Ahir Alwar became her husband without her consent. Rohitash Yadav paid Rs. 200000 to subhash Yadav.   
She was forced to go with Rohitash yadav of Majra-Ahir. She was living with her ‘husband’. Her mobile and other belongings was snatched, she was raped and confined in the room.

When she lost her contact with the family. Brother of the victim filled a missing report in Nishatpur police station. The call tracking system suggested the last location of the mobile around the village. Resultantly, an investigation was launched in the village and girl was rescued on 23^rd of September. FIR against all accused has been lodged. Father-Son has been arrested while Subhash yadav is still on run.  

Four people, including two women, were arrested in Hyderabad on 26 November 2018 for their involvement in a contract marriage racket.

They were arrested from a house in Mailardevpally, while the wedding-ceremonies were still going on.

Among the four arrested, one was a Sudanese, who was the 'groom', and the other three, all residents of Hyderabad, served as marriage brokers and witnesses to the 'nikah.

The 31-year-old Sudanese, Wail Mohammed, had paid Rs. 1L to Habib the agent, for the 'bride', for a three-month contract marriage.

The wedding was subsequently organized at a house in Roshan Colony, Vattepally (Mailardevpally), Monday.

The SOT got a whiff of the same and inspected the house, where they found the contract marriage was already underway.

Wail, Jahanuma-resident Habeeb, Shamem and Shabana were subsequently nabbed and cops also seized Wail's passport, two fake marriage agreements, one stamp pad, Rs. 1.1 lakh cash and $300.

Contract marriages aren't a new thing in the old city of Hyderabad.

It's rather a pretty prevalent practice, involving 'agents', who are city residents and Gulf nationals, who arrive in India on visit visa. These parties lure poor families and convince them to marry off their daughters against a huge sum.

Trend
After the 'nikah' gets done, the new helpless and hapless 'bride' is trafficked out of the country on forged documents arranged by the agent.

The Odisha police have arrested a Border Security Force constable from West Bengal on the charge of trafficking a woman from Malkangiri on the promise of marriage and abandoning her at Sonepat in Haryana, the police said on Monday.

An Odisha Police team with the help of its West Bengal counterpart arrested the constable from Rosan Bagh, Murshidabad on January 25.
He was produced before the court of additional chief judicial magistrate of Lalbagh, Murshidabad the next day and with its permission was taken on four days’ transit remand to Malkangiri on Sunday, the police said.

The Odisha police have registered a case of trafficking against the BSF constable, who hails from Rohat village in Sonepat district of Haryana, they said.

Severed connections

The constable had come in contact with the woman, who is from Chitrakonda area, when he was posted in Malkangiri district in 2012. In September next year he took the woman with him to Sonepat and kept her in a rented house there, police said.

The BSF constable allegedly had physical relation with the woman, who delivered a girl child in 2014. After the birth of the baby, the constable allegedly severed all connections with the woman, who stayed on in Sonepat for six months waiting for him.

As he did not return or keep contact, the woman returned to her paternal home at Chitrakonda and had complained to the Chitrakonda police station on February 27, 2017.

PTI

Guwahati: The state has in shame again. In the recent incident, a daughter was sold by father in Haryana. The sensational incident took place in Nagaon, sources said.

As per reports, the victim’s father trapped her by saying that they are supposed to attend a wedding of their relative in Haryana and den sold her to a human trafficker.

The incident came in light after locals inquired about the victim girl to her father. Police arrested Narayan Dekaraj, father of the victim and a lady named Anuradha Pator in accused of trafficking, it added.

According to police officials, they are investigating the case and will bring back the girl by taking the information from the father and the lady.

The victim’s father trapped her by saying that they are supposed to attend a wedding
Police is investigating the case and will bring back the girl by taking the information

Nainital: The district and sessions court in Almora has sentenced the father of a 13-year-old bride to life imprisonment while her 38-year-old husband and her grandmother have been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment of 10 years each. The court held that “no sympathy” should be shown to the girl’s father, a resident of Khola village, and slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on him on Monday.

The court order comes just days after the Supreme Court ruled that sexual intercourse between a man and his wife below 18 years of age will count as rape and the husband can face up to 10 years’ imprisonment under the IPC or even a life term under the POCSO Act. The apex court had also said that child marriages should be declared void and stringent punishment should be prescribed against family members who promote and perform such marriages.

In this case, the court in Almora has awarded the father of the minor bride life imprisonment under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 370 (4) (trafficking a minor) of the Indian Penal Code. He was also awarded rigorous imprisonment of two years under Section 10 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. All sentences will run concurrently, the court said.

The husband of the underage bride, a resident of Aligarh in UP, was also awarded rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Section 370 (4) of the IPC and rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Section 120B of the IPC. Under Section 10 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, he was awarded rigorous imprisonment of two years. His sentences will run concurrently and a fine of Rs 15,000 has also been imposed on him.

The grandmother of the minor, meanwhile, has been awarded rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Section 370 (4) of the IPC and rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Section 120B of the IPC. She has been slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000.

Four others, including family members and people from the village, have also been awarded a 10-year jail term each while three people were acquitted of all charges. Police had registered a case against 10 people in February after receiving a complaint about a child marriage being conducted in Khola village.

Taking a tough stand on the matter, sessions judge Gyanendra Kumar Sharma said that the convicts had ruined the life of a girl child. “In this case, I am of the view that the crime committed by the convicts is not a crime against any individual alone, but against society, which affects the grass root level of society in general and the few socially and economically backward areas of Uttarakhand in particular,” the order said.

The order further said, “The court considers there should be no sympathy with the father of the victim, who has arranged the marriage of a 13 years 7 months old girl child with a man of 38 years. In my opinion, the maximum punishment prescribed by law under Section 370 (4), IPC should be awarded to the convict, because it was his volition act to solemnize the marriage of his daughter (sic).”

The court also observed that the fine imposed on the convicts may not be sufficient for compensation and rehabilitation of the victim. The case has been recommended to the District Legal Services Authority, Almora, so that it can determine the compensation amount which would be kept as a fixed deposit in the name of the girl.

"At least 1,494 cases of human trafficking were registered in Assam out of total 6,877 cases of human trafficking were reported across the country. Trafficking has become so rampant in the state that Assam had topped the list of states affected by human trafficking.The state has recorded the highest number of human trafficking cases in the country in 2015. Manisha Dev Barman, a lawyer working for human trafficking victims, said many girls from the state have been found to be trafficked to Haryana, mainly for forced marriage. "She was sold off for Rs 30,000 to one Kalmat Kashyap who married her. GUWAHATI: A 13-year-old trafficking victim from the city's Katabari area was rescued by the city's Gorchuk Police from Jind district in Haryana was brought back on Saturday.

A 13-year-old trafficking victim from the city's Katabari area was rescued by the city's Gorchuk Police from Jind district in Haryana was brought back on Saturday. The girl went missing in April this year when she had gone on a road trip with a person named Mofisuddin."One Mofijuddin befriended her and lured her saying that he would take her to a road trip and to some religious destinations. The girl is from Meghalaya and was living here with her relatives," said Gorchuk police who were investigating the case.Mofisuddin has now been arrested and the girl was found in a Haryana village based on what he revealed during questioning , As Reported By TOI. 

According to the Newspaper,She had been sold off for forced marriage. "She was sold off for Rs 30,000 to one Kalmat Kashyap who married her. Kalmat and another person, Manji, have been taken into custody for further investigation," police sources added.Preliminary probe revealed that Manji, who is also from Haryana, had been staying in the city for a few years now. 

Mathura, Jul 5 (PTI) Two minor Dalit girls who were allegedly kidnapped by two youths from Ambedkar Nagar district nearly a month ago were today rescued from a guest house here, police said."Both the girls were recovered from Nagla Chandra Bhan- based guest house under Farah Police Station along with Prince, a youth," ASP Anupam Singh said.According to police, the two girls, aged 16 and 17, were lured and abducted by two youth -- Prince and Ankit -- resident of village Mahamadpur in Ambedkar Nagar district on June 11.Since then the two girls had been living in aforesaid guest house.Since location of both the minor girls was found in Mathura, SSP Ambedkar Nagar had requested his Mathura counterpart Babloo Kumar for nabbing them, the ASP said, adding the girls were rescued by the Highway Police.The police of Ambedkar Nagar is likely to reach here tonight."Both the girls and the youth, Prince, would be handed over to Ambedkar Nagar Police," the Singh said.Meanwhile, according to police of Ibrahimpur police station, both the accused youth have been booked under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) and SC/ST Acts, as both the girls are Dalit.According to police of Ibrahimpur police station hunt for Ankit is on.

Having faced flak for his "Bihari wives" remarks, Haryana BJP Kisan Morcha president Om Prakash Dhankar today received support from unexpected quarters with Bihar Jat Sabha coming in his defence, saying there's nothing wrong in inter-state marriage alliances.

Blaming the media for misrepresenting Dhankar's statement, Bihar Jat Sabha president Shiv Pratap Singh today said that Dhankar never suggested paying money for Bihari brides.

On the contrary, Dhankar merely suggested formalising and registering such inter-state marriage alliances, Singh said, adding that he will extend full support to Dhankar in this endeavour.

Singh's statements were supported by various Khap Panchayats of Haryana and also by famous Hindi writer and former chairperson of Social Welfare Board Mridula Sinha.

"Whole of India is a village and there's nothing wrong in such marriage alliances," Sinha said, while speaking at a function organised by Samajik Jagriti Manch, wherein various social issues such as unmarried youths, female foeticide, inter-state marriages, human trafficking and rising crime were discussed here.

Speaking on the occasion, Dhankar expressed concern over the falling sex ratio in Haryana and suggested connecting all ultrasound centres in the state to a common server to check their misuse.

Earlier this month, Dhankar had suggested that if BJP comes to power in Haryana then all the bachelors in the state will get Bihari girls for marriage.

Read tale of a Bihari bride her child and family http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Falak