Dimapur, Jul 10 : The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has expressed concern over the recent arrest of 14 women from the northeastern state for being allegedly involved in sex trade that was run by a Korean national at Sriperumbudur near Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
"We fear that this is just the tip of an iceberg," the NSF said in a statement signed by its president, Kelhouneizo Yhome, and assistant general secretary, Tongpang Ozukum.
The Korean man, Park Ju Dei, was arrested for running the prostitution racket under the guise of a hotel-cum-bar at Nemili near Sriperumbudur. Seven Korean business executive were also rounded up when authorities stormed the hotel, but were let off with a warning.
An agency report quoted Sriperumpudur DSP Balasubramaniyam as saying that Ju Dei had among his clientele many top-ranking executives of various Korean firms. The arrested women were sent to welfare homes in Chennai.
Ju Dei had been running the racket for at least two years and along with him, five persons - who were drivers and office assistants - were also rounded up during the raid, police said. The building looked like a hotel-cum-bar at the ground floor, beyond which the public had never been allowed to proceed, police said.
Following all this, the NSF has urged all Naga organizations in metropolitan cities to be vigilant and take stringent action against those found involved in "such shemaful acts".
Appreciating the "watchful act" of the Naga Students' Union's Chennai unit, the NSF urged all Nagas living in Chennai to identify the persons or agents who were involved in the sex racket and "punish them to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future again".
Incidentally, this is not the first time that women from Nagaland have been found trafficked to outside the state and forced into prostitution. Last year, six girls from Nagaland and five from Mizoram were rescued by the Goa Police when they raided a beauty parlour in the Porvorim area. The owner of the parlour, , along with four traffickers, were subsequently arrested for forcing the girls into flesh trade.
Barely a couple of days ago, a Dimapur-based Hoho of Naga women said while recruiting any woman for employment outside the state, private companies or agencies should inform it. The Hoho observed that this decision was aimed at curbing trafficking of women from the northeastern state.
Besides Nagaland, Mizoram authorities are also concerned over trafficking of girls from the state. Recently, police from the state rescued four Mizo girls, who were trafficked and forced into the flesh trade in Mumbai.
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