February 01, 2004
Women abducted, sold as brides
Full story: Delhi Newsline
When Sandhya (name changed) lodged complaint with the Chandni Chowk police station late Monday night, stating she had been sold in Panipat, it was a new face of human trafficking that was revealed, say the authorities. The women are being abducted and sold as brides among agricultural communities of Haryana. Sandhya had been abducted from Delhi, and sold off to agriculturists in Karnal. Says Secretary Health, Haryana, Raj Kumar : ‘‘Foeticide, largely practised among the large agricultural communities in Haryana and Punjab is most common in the more affluent communities, who can afford sex determination. This has led to an adverse sex ratio in Haryana, which is at 860 women per 1000 men.’’Posted by stupefied
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