BJP’s Shaina NC wants men seeking minors for sex booked under strict laws

The petition asks the Maharashtra Chief Minister to direct the state police, specially Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) working on the rescue and rehabilitation of girls, to make it their mandate to arrest the “child predators”. “We all talk to save our girls, but unfortunately do nothing on the ground. To wipe out chances of sex with children, I have started a petition asking the Maharashtra CM to direct the state police, specially Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) which are pro-actively looking at rescue and rehabilitation of girls, to make it their mandate to arrest these child predators,” Shaina said.

The BJP leader said the campaign was aimed at curbing the demand for children in commercial sex industry and thereby, preventing innocent children from being trafficked to be pushed into the sex trade. “During police raids on brothels, sex workers and brothel managers are arrested while the customers, who are the primary reason for creating the demand for children to be trafficked for sex work, are let off with just a warning, which should be stopped and they be booked under POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act,” Shaina said.

In her petition, Shaina has narrated the story of a 14-year-old girl, who was given hormone injections so that she looks older and was sometimes forced to have sex with 30 men in a day.