Ensure punishment to those who abet flesh trade, journalists told

 Ongole:  Journalists should publish the stories of those who indulge in trafficking of women and punish those who directly and indirectly encourage prostitution, a release said on Sunday. 

At a meeting held on journalists on media protocols on issue of human trafficking here on Sunday, the speakers expressed concern over the human trafficking going on from Anantapur, Visakhapatnam, Nellore, Prakasam, Guntur, West Godavari and the girls from the state are languishing not only in flesh trade dens in the state but also in the gulf countries. 

 They expressed concern over prostitution assuming commercial proportions. They called for invoking the provisions of POCSO against those who indulge in sexual exploitation of the children. 

According to a UN study, west Bengal occupied the first position in the country in trafficking in women closely followed by AP. The perspective of the media treating sexual exploitation as the crime should change for better, NGO Help secretary Ramamohan 
aid. 

Organisers of flesh trade torture children and entertain them to have sex with at least 20 to 30 persons per day to earn quick bucks, the meeting said. They quoted the example of massage parlours, beauty parlous, online and offline services, making of pornographic movies are some of the new trends in the profession.
 
They said that in a joint operation with the police and other voluntary organisations, over 500 girls and women were rescued from flesh trade through decoy operations. 

A 14-year-old girls was disposed off to a red light area in Pune for 25,000 rupees. She hails from Badangi in Vizianagaram.  When his paents go out for work, she used to remain at home and cook food. A woman Rajeshwari grew intimacy with the girl and took her on trips to cinema and other places. One day she was given a juiced mixed with sedative and sold off to a flesh trade in Pune.
 
Another woman Lalita eloped with Rajesh on the last exam of Intermediate as parents of both the sides did not approve for their marriage. He lived with her for one year in Hyderabad and left the place for elselwhere. 

He acquainted with lodge attendant Ramana and who made her succumb to him. She also gave birth to baby girl for Ramana. He converted the woman into a sex workers threatening to kill the girl.