The main focus of EMPOWER PEOPLE lies on awareness raising and sensitization trainings for law enforcement agencies. The organization is also offering direct victim support and assistance to women vulnerable to human trafficking and domestic violence.CHANDIGARH: Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Maken Saturday said that Government of India is serious about combating the social malady of human trafficking and human trafficking units will be set up in each district of the country and Ministry of Home Affairs would utilize the available resources for this purpose.
Ajay Maken was addressing a three-day workshop on “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings” being held at Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban in Karnal district.
He laid emphases on the need and importance of addressing the issue especially because this was a fast growing menace at national and international level. The human trafficking alone contributes to the illegal business of about Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 crore in the world. This was the third largest crime after narcotics and arms smuggling, he added.
He said that five such type of workshops would be organized at national level. Trainers would be trained to help spreading awareness among the Police, Prosecution, Women and Child Department and NGOs so that these agencies were capable of preventing incidents of human trafficking. It had been very meaningful by bringing Police, Prosecution and Court on a common platform to discuss the issue. This practice of bringing these three institutions of justice delivery systems together was initially started in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the results are very enthusiastic. This arrangement had increased the rate of conviction. We had stringent laws for prevention of human trafficking, the only need was to build up a mechanism to implement them in an effective manner. He said that State Police must also play an important role in rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims in the society.
He said that although police helps in saving lives of the victims of human trafficking, yet the question before us was to ponder that how the services of the police could be used more effectively for rehabilitating and brining these victims in the main stream of the society.
Earlier, Director General of Police Haryana, Ranjiv Dalal welcomed the Chief Guest and other distinguished guests and participants. He presented a memento to the Chief Guest. The Union Minister visited Haryana Police Museum and appreciated its antique collections with regard to police history and first revolt of 1857 against the British. The other programmes like yoga show, mounted police show and dare devil show were also organized at Vachher Stadium, HPA.
P.C. Sabarwal, IPS, Special Director, BPRD expressed his gratitude and happiness towards Haryana Police for providing resources for this workshop being run under the aegis of BPRD, New Delhi.
Shashi Kant Sharma, District Attorney, HPA and Course Director disclosed that the present workshop had been organized under the aegis of BPRD New Delhi, which was premier agency for monitoring the police training throughout India. A total of 49 participants from different departments like Prosecution, Police, Health and Welfare, Women and Child Welfare, Labour Department and Non-Government organization from the Northern region States of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh (UT), Uttrakhand and Delhi participated in this workshop. Source
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