Father killed four day's old daughter to taught a lesson to wife

Niranjan Kumar a 29-year-old software engineer employed with Cisco in Bangalore has been charged with killing his four-day-old daughter by throwing her into a well because his wife had refused to abort the child. Chennai police have arrested him.
Niranjan Kumar allegedly harassed wife Sangeetha, 22, to have the abortion so she could continue working.

Fed up, Sangeetha moved to her parents’ home in Chennai seven months ago. But Niranjankumar kept up the pressure, urging her through emails to abort the baby. He is also alleged to have demanded Rs 5 lakh in extra dowry.

On March 9, Sangeetha’s parents informed Niranjankumar she had delivered a girl. Last evening, the engineer arrived at the hospital with his father and mother, chatted with his in-laws and wife in a way that hid his real feelings, and took the mother and child to his parents’ home in Chennai.

But around 3am, Sangeetha woke up to find her baby missing. After she told Niranjankumar, he is alleged to have replied: “The baby is sleeping inside the well.”

When a perplexed Sangeetha asked what he meant, Niranjankumar said he had flung the baby into the well because she had refused to listen to him and abort. A hysterical Sangeetha informed her parents, who filed a police complaint.

Fire services personnel, brought in by the police, later recovered the infant’s body, wrapped in a towel, from the well. The police said Niranjankumar had admitted to the crime. He is said to have told officers he killed the baby to teach his wife and in-laws a lesson. His parents are also being questioned to find out if they were involved.

Sangeetha’s father R. Balasubramaniam said he and his daughter had been fooled by Niranjankumar’s “kind words” at the hospital yesterday. “We really believed he was a changed man and loved his daughter. So, we allowed our daughter and the baby to go with him,” Balasubramaniam said.

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A light to Sex workers

Naseema, the young daughter of a sex worker in this north Bihar district headquarters town, has set a unique example with her dogged determination to bring a new ray of hope for the hapless residents of the local red light area.

Brought up at a brothel in Chaturbhuj Sthan, the infamous red light zone here, Naseema took a vow to rescue those, who were forcibly dragged into prostitution, and devoted herself voluntarily to provide a dignified life to the local sex workers.

After forming a voluntary organisation 'Pracham', Naseema started encouraging the sex workers to give up the oldest profession in the world and choose alternative ways and means to earn their livelihood.

Realising the plight of sex workers, most of whom felt suffocated in the prevailing atmosphere, 26-year-old Naseema started helping them out by providing them with alternative sources of income, which were readily accepted by the hapless women as it also ensured them a dignified life.
   
Naseema has so far been able to change the course of life of over 50 sex workers and their children, born at the brothels of Chaturbhuj Sthan.

Inspired by Naseema's example and determination, the sex workers are gradually giving up their hated profession to embrace the new respectful and dignified life.

Despite facing a lot of obstacles from various quarters at the beginning of her pioneering work, she arranged various trainings for the sex workers in a small rented room near the town's red light area.

Encouraged by her efforts and in their own desperation to quit the profession slowly but steadily, a large number of sex workers started joining the new training courses in stitching, knitting, screen painting and other alternative jobs.

Naseema also started a small library for lending books and magazines to sex workers free of cost, besides enabling them to read and write.

These former sex workers have now formed several cultural and drama groups and with her help they even organise street dramas and small public performances in the red light areas to motivate their former co-workers to give up prostitution.

According to Naseema, 'only those who have experienced the pain and agony of sex workers could bring about a change in their lifestyle and environment.' She also believes that prostitution can never be abolished by force and hopes that instead of abruptly closing down the red light areas without providing any alternative source of income to the sex workers, the administration should come forward with attractive rehabilitation packages.

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Chennai :Prostitution racket busted

Prostitution racket busted

Officials of the Central Crime Branch (CCB)-Chennai police on Friday raided a house in Madambakkam near Tambaram and arrested two persons Mumtaz (37) and Kumar (37) who were allegedly running a prostitution racket there. A case was registered and the two were remanded in judicial custody.

A CCB team led by ACP Jayakumar, on receiving specific information, raided an apartment in Madambakkam and nabbed the couple. A 19-year-old girl, found there, was rescued.

According to police, Mumtaz alias Mariammal, a native of Thoothukudi, moved to Chennai a few years ago. In Chennai, she met Kumar, who was working at a bakery in Tambaram, and the two began running a prostitution racket.

They were allegedly supplied women by a woman living near Pallikaranai who had brokers in various parts of the state.

A senior police official said, "This is an important arrest as we have got a lead on one of the major pimps in south Chennai. We are investigating and are confident she will be caught soon. Once this woman is caught, the networks in various parts of the state will become clearer. This big arrest, after the nabbing of Sona Lakshmi, is part of our efforts to shut down prostitution rackets in the suburbs."

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Indian woman gets 8 yrs for forced prostitution in Malaysia

An Indian national has been convicted and sentenced for eight years for forcing a compatriot into prostitution after promising her a job as maid in this Malaysian capital.

R Punitha, herself a prostitute, pleaded guilty before Judge Mohammed Nasir Mordin. She screamed, cried and hit her head when the sentence was announced, the official Malaysian news agency Bernama reported.
She was charged for exploiting S Maruthambal, 33, through force and threats at a house here.
According to the facts of the case, Maruthambal came under Punitha's care after she was sweet-talked by agents in India that she could get a job as a maid in Malaysia.

During her confinement, Maruthambal was forced to provide sexual services to 20 to 25 men daily and her earnings were taken by Punitha. She was also threatened by Punitha that if she refused, her family in India would be killed by gangsters there.Maruthambal managed to escape to the Indian High Commission before making a police report, The Star newspaper said.

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Men kidnapped for illicit sex, prostitution

It is not women alone who are kidnapped in this country for having sex.
Sixty-seven men were kidnapped in India last year for having sex, which was an increase of about 40 per cent from the 2006's figure of 38 men kidnapped for the same.

Cases of five men being kidnapped for prostitution were also reported in the country during 2007 as against 35 in 2006.

What is more shocking is that eight ladies above the age of 50 were among 2,586 women being kidnapped for sex, according to the latest report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The 'Crime in India -- 2007' report shows that there was a nominal decrease of 12 in the number of women who were kidnapped for sex last year compared to 2,599 in 2006. However, the number of women kidnapped for sex above 50 years was only one.

Women in the age-group of 18 to 30 years were the most vulnerable with 1,608 from the fairer sex becoming victims to kidnapping for sex in 2007 as against 1,488 in 2006.

Cases of kidnapping for prostitution saw 422 women being forced into sex trade along with five men.

As in the above case, women in the age-group of 18 to 30 years were the most vulnerable with 264 women becoming victims to kidnapping for prostitution.

Interestingly, not a single case of kidnapping was registered across the country for selling body or body parts while only 17 cases of kidnapping for begging were reported.

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Korea parents fined for ‘neglected’ son’s sex crime

A South Korean court has fined the parents of a teenage rapist more than $60,000 for failing to supervise their son. The 18-year-old, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, raped a local seven-year-old girl in 2006.

The court said the boy had grown up watching pornography and had imitated a film he had seen during the attack. It said his parents could have prevented the crime with appropriate education, but neglected their duty. The teenager is serving a 10-year sentence for the rape, but a court in Seoul ruled that his parents were also liable for his crime.

A statement said: “The parents could have prevented the crime with appropriate education but failed to show enough attention to their child. “They neglected their duty to raise their child so that he can properly adjust to society.” The girl’s parents were seeking $165,000 in damages. The identities of all the parties involved in the case have been withheld. Analysts say the case raises questions about the extent to which parents can be held responsible for the actions of their children.

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Girl's Basketball Coach Charged With Sex Crime

The Western Guilford High School women's basketball coach has been arrested and charged with taking indecent liberties with a female student.

Greensboro police said Karl Wells turned himself and was released on a written promise to appear.

Police said the alleged incident happened on Oct. 30. Greensboro Capt. Janice Rogers said the girl's mother called authorities after seeing a text message on her daughter's phone.

Greensboro police said the investigation was continuing and anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 373-1000.

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teen prostitutes:change their future

"I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports.

Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like other social-service types," said one LAPD officer. "Lois sees the big picture." Despite the success stories—former prostitutes turned doctor or lawyer—many inexorably find their way back to the streets.

Children of the Night, however, offers a lifeline that never disappears "A girl might go back," said Lee. "But will she call me from the hospital if she is dying with AIDS? Yes. And I will go to her and sit by her bed and hold her hand."

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