Members of the Purusa Commission on Wednesday demanded that the Commissionate Police arrest sex workers and send them to jail along with customers.
“As per Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 1956, the police should arrest sex workers, customers and house owners involved in the flesh trade. But the Commissionerate Police are freeing sex workers after unearthing such antisocial, illegal act. Resultantly, the sex workers continue to get involved in the act,” commission members stated in a memorandum submitted to the Commissioner of Police.
Earlier, hundreds of men and women staged a demonstration at Master Canteen Square here protesting the gender discrimination allegedly being resorted to by the police.
Among others, commission coordinator and lawyer Byomakesh Tripathy, Milan Pradhan, Pitabash Biswal, Renubala Routray, Alekh Jena, laxmi Pradhan, laxman Das, Sukant Mohanty, Manoranjan Panda, Trinath Mohanty, Rakesh Rath, Sarat Mishra and Trilochan Sahu were present.