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KOLKATA: Twenty nine women from the state, who were forced into the sex trade in Mumbai, will be reunited with their families on Saturday. The women, against whom cases are still on, were sent back to Bengal at the initiative of the Maharashtra administration. The aim now is to rehabilitate these womenwho were earlier trafficked from the state.
At a seminar on effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, Swati Chawhan, a metropolitan magistrate of Mumbai special court, who had taken a lead role to handle human trafficking cases, said that Bengal girls were landing in Mumbai brothels in large numbers. She was speaking at a seminar on effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, organized by social welfare department, state legal services authority and Unicef.
She added, "I had often directed the police to close brothels. But it was found that
police did not act accordingly." She said that there should be video conferencing facilities for victim girls who had been trafficked out so that they could speak comfortably instead of appearing in court, which is traumatic if the trafficked victims are minors. She exemplified how she conducted video conference with a trafficked girl from Nepal with the help of an NGO.
Calcutta High Court's chief justice J N Patel wanted infrastructure for child protection and the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) improved. Justice Patel wanted training for child welfare committee members so that children in need can get better care. He said that temporary shelter homes for juveniles are also inadequate in the city.
Law minister Moloy Ghatak and social welfare minister Sabitri Mitra spoke on improvement of Juvenile Justice Boards. Justice Pinaki Ghosh emphasized on better implementation of existing laws for juveniles. Joydeb Mazumdar of Jai Prakash Institute of Social Change said that juveniles cannot be handcuffed or kept in lock ups of police stations even if they have committed major offences. They are to be produced before the JJB within 24 hours and their parents informed immediately.
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