Cheap sex proves costly for youth

Vijay Upadhyay
Agra. When some youngsters went looking for a chance to throw away their virginity on the lines of the comedy flick American Pie, in the red-light area of Agra, hardly had they realised that in search of sex as cheap as a pack of good-quality condoms, they were walking into a sex-trade racket involving the abduction and exploitation of Nepalese girls which has now landed them in jail.
Three youngsters and four prostitutes were picked up on Thursday by the Agra police in the Kashmiri Bazar area of the town for engaging in flesh-trade but when interrogated by the police, the youngsters revealed a shocking story of Nepalese girls being thrown into a sex racket operational in the town.
While the prostitutes were sent to a women's home, the youngsters have been put behind bars. According to the boys, Sonu, Dheeraj and Yogesh, all aged around 20-22 years, they had planned to throw away their virginity together in the new year and for the past three days, they had been circling the red-light areas of the town where they could accomplish this mission at low rates.
This lured them into the Kashmiri Bazar area of the town where they were told that sex sold the cheapest, but when they climbed the steps of one of the brothels operating in the area, they found themselves surrounded by Nepalese girls who had been dumped into the sex-trade by unscrupulous locals at an early age.
Even before they could take advantage of this opportunity, they were surprised by the sudden appearance of dozens of policemen in the brothel who had raided the area.
While most of the girls managed to escape from the brothel, four girls, were arrested by the police alongwith the three boys who have all been charged by the police under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act.
According to Chhatta police station, incharge Suresh Panwar, the police had received information that a young Nepalese girl was being kept under captivity in the brothel that was operated by Rambabu who belonged to the notorious Bedia community of Agra. Though the police failed to find the girl, they found three others from Nepal, who were being forced into flesh trade.

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Anonymous said…
Good job Vijay. Light angle to the heavy story and still sacred -- given that you have mentioned the circumstances all along and each time you talked about the girls! It's a mess, we have to do our best to raise awarenesss and end this worsssst form of slavery from the subcontinent!!!
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