Rescue miners from Borthels: HC
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The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the police to crack down on
brothels across the city to rescue minor girls who have been forced
into flesh trade. The court also asked the police to file an action-
taken report in two weeks' time.

A division bench of Justices J N Patel and Roshan Dalvi directed the
senior inspectors of all police stations to comply with this order.
The division bench was hearing a petition filed by a non-
governmental organisation, Prerana, pertaining to a 2003 case in
which nine minor girls had gone missing, soon after being rescued
from a brothel in Santacruz. Prerana moved the court in an attempt to
expedite the investigations.

The court also came down harshly on the police, saying that even
though it did not expect much, the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking
Act and the Juvenile Justice Act required the police to ensure that
minor girls not be forced into prostitution.

The court further observed that inspite of police crackdown, if minor
girls were found in brothels, there was no reason why the concerned
police inspector should not be suspended.

The state government informed the court that they had rescued 26
minors in 2003, 12 minors in 2004, 31 minors in 2005 and 27 minors in
2006. Justice Patel retorted that if the state had worked more
seriously, there would have been two zeros after each of these
figures.

On August 29 this year, the high court had ordered that the case be
transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, as Mumbai Police
had failed to trace the minors even after three years. The court also
directed the CBI to come up with a blueprint to curb
trafficking of minors.

As per an affidavit filed by CBI Director Vijay Shanker on September
7, a special cell headed by Crime Branch SP Surinder Paul has been
constituted to investigate the case, following which the case was re-
registered at V P Road police station.