legal aspects and more sensitivity should be considered while handling the cases of human trafficking that come under the category of organised crime and would help in punishing the criminals, said Additional DG Aruna Mohan Roa (Crime against woman) during a seminar here on Wednesday.
Roa emphasized on support and coordination between the Government and non-Government organisations for the prevention of human trafficking.Anti -human trafficking cell in-charge of Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, Hoshangabad, Mandsaur, Shahdol, Ujjain, Mandla, Betul, Damoh, Shuvpuri, Ratlam, Rajgarh, Raisen, Guna, Sidhi, Dhar, Shajapur, Chhindwara and Chhatarpur attended the seminar.
In-charge officers, Inspectors and AIGs and two social workers from every district also participated in the seminar.Retired Jugde Renu Sharma inaugurated the seminar and explained different forms of human trafficking.
She told that human trafficking is not confined to sex crimes with girls and women only but it also includes boys and young men as they are used in child labour, slavery, beggary and other kinds of exploitation. Retired Judge Sharma further provided details of laws under the Indian Penal Code, new amendments and elucidation.
Additional Director General of Police (CID) Rajeev Tandon discussed sections of Human Trafficking and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act-2000, Rule 2007 and Madhya Pradesh Juvenile Justice Rules 2003. Vipin Bhatt, Deepti Shrivastava were also present at the occasion.