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Kolkata police rescue teen girl sold by lover
Kolkata police rescued a 16-year-old girl from the city's Sonagachi red-light area within an hour of receiving a distress call that she had been sold to a person by her lover, an…
The Story in Brief
Kolkata police rescued a 16-year-old girl from the city's Sonagachi red-light area within an hour of receiving a distress call that she had been sold to a person by her lover, an officer said on Saturday. The girl had run away from home with the man, who allegedly forced her into the sex trade.
The Indian Opinion
This case revives lazy narratives that paint all runaway teens as victims of a lover's betrayal, while the real scandal is the state's failure to protect minors from traffickers. The police acted fast, but Sonagachi's thriving sex trade survives on institutional neglect. Will the lover be traced, or will this become another case where the girl alone is punished as a 'consenting' minor?
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