WARANGAL: District Collector K. Damayanthi has exhorted policemen to adopt empathetic attitude towards women who have fallen victim to human trafficking.
“The fault lies with traffickers who lure innocent girls and hapless women into the world’s oldest profession as none on her own will get into it,” she pointed out.
Inaugurating a two-day orientation programme on anti-human trafficking for policemen at the District Police Office here on Monday, the Collector told the policemen to deal sternly with the traffickers. When the policemen raided brothel houses, the women moved to other places thus spreading the trade from one place to another.
“If we can offer a solution to their problems or can provide them rehabilitation, it will be good. Otherwise, we better not to disturb them. Indeed, we should prevent trafficking,” she pointed out.
‘Book cases’
Addressing the participants, DIG, Warangal Range, K. Laxman Mohan, asked the police personnel to book the human traffickers under Preventive Detention Act. He wanted them to identify the traffickers in their respective police station limits.
Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra said they would henceforth try to provide suitable rehabilitation to prostitutes in the district with the cooperation of other Government agencies.
