NCW to probe 'auction' of girls on stamp paper in Rajasthan's Bhilwara

The National Commission for Women NCW on Friday constituted a twomember factfinding team to investigate reports of alleged auctioning of girls on stamp papers to settle disputes over loan repayments in the Bhilwara district of RajasthanThe NCW has taken cognizance of the reported crime which it said was extremely appalling and traumatizingThe Commission said that it has been reported that in many settlements of the village girls are sold for prostitution on stamp paperThe National Commission for Women has come across several media posts wherein it has been reported that girls were auctioned off to settle disputes over loan repayments Bhilwara Rajasthan It has been further reported that in many settlements of the village girls are sold for prostitution on stamp paper In some cases their mothers are subjected to rape on the diktats of caste panchayats for the settlement of disputes the NCW said in a statementNCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has also written to Chief Secretary of Rajasthan to take urgent action in the matter and apprise the Commission of the action takenThe Commission has taken cognizance of the reported crime which is extremely appalling and traumatizing The Commission has constituted a twomember Fact Finding Team to look into the matter Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Chief Secretary Government of Rajasthan to take urgent action in the matter and apprise the Commission of the action taken the commission saidThe Commission has also written to the Director General of Police Rajasthan to immediately invoke relevant provisions in the FIR and to arrest all the accused at the earliestAlso Read Check facts before sharing on social media PM Modi on war against fake newsMeanwhile Rajasthan State Commission for Women also took cognizance of media reports that minor girls in some districts of Rajasthan are sold on Stamp Paper and issued notice to the Director General of Police and Bhilwara CollectorThe State Commission also demanded immediate action and a factual report in seven daysRajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal on Thursday condemned the Bhilwara incident and said that suomoto cognizance was taken immediatelyNational Human Rights Commission NHRC has also served notice to the Government of Rajasthan on the reported auctioning of girls on stamp papers and the refusal thereof resulting in the rape of their mothers to settle disputes on the diktats of Caste Panchayats in the StateHowever Rajasthan minister Pratap Khachariyawas refuted the reports of selling of girls in the StateIt is a matter of investigation When such information comes out we cant know the truth until there is a probe NHRC should have spoken to the Rajasthan police first about this Selling of girls doesnt happen in the state said KhachariyawasAccording to reports carried in media on October 26 this year caste panchayats in Rajasthan were committing this crime like in Syria and Iraq where girls are enslaved Reportedly in Bhilwada whenever there is any dispute between the two parties instead of going to the police the caste panchayats are approached for a settlement It becomes the starting point of making the girls slaves It they fail to honour their commitments there are orders for the mothers of the girls to be rapedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever