THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A section of women in the state have become victims of human trafficking in one way or the other and it is a matter of serious concern, said National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma. She was speaking to the media after meeting State Police Chief Loknath Behera here on Wednesday.Sharma said women in the state are falling prey to the radical forces and it is an alarming trend. “Women in the state are being lured by terrorist forces. Terror modules are behind the forced conversions here. The state government should investigate. It is quite alarming and I have asked the DGP to take action on it,” she said.
Sharma was on a three-day visit to the state to collect evidence on the Hadiya case under the Supreme Court’s consideration.She called on the DGP after receiving over 15 complaints from various women’s organisations in the state expressing concern over many women being taken away from their families and terming it as ‘trafficking’.
The NCW chairperson also said she had informed the DGP about the funding organisations supporting the women who ran away from their families. Meanwhile, Bindhu - the mother of Nimisha alias Fathima who is suspected to have left the country to join IS after marrying a Muslim youth - met Sharma on Wednesday.
Bindhu also handed over a written complaint to Sharma requesting the latter to make efforts to find her daughter. She said her daughter has been missing for the last one and half years. Bindhu also spoke to the media and stressed she was not a member of any political party and it was the concern of a mother who is looking for her missing child. “I am praying to the almighty that my daughter and her family will be returned safely,” Bindhu said.