Rajasthan Govt faces ire of NHRC over reports on auction of girls on stamp papers

Taking suo moto cognizance of a media report that minor girls are being auctioned off on stamp papers and their refusal results in their mothers being raped in half a dozen districts in Rajasthan, the National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Congress government in the state on Thursday. कांग्रेस पार्टी का नारा तो है, ‘लड़की हूँ लड़ सकती हूँ’ का, लेकिन हकीकत राजस्थान में देखें, जहां बहन बेटियों की खुलेआम नीलामी चल रही है। कांग्रेस के कुशासन से तंग आकर अब राजस्थान की बेटियां कह रही हैं; ‘लड़की हूँ बच सकती हूं, तभी तो राजस्थान में रह सकती हूं।’ pic.twitter.com/R6WXPIkvn3 — Sambit Patra October 27, 2022 Taking cognisance of the same, NHRC stated in its press release, that a notice was issued to the Director General of Police, Rajasthan, to provide a thorough report mentioning the initiation of criminal prosecution against the perpetrators of such crime and their abettors/sympathizers. The commission said it took suo motu cognizance of a media report in this regard that said “whenever there is a dispute between the two parties particularly involving financial transactions and loans etc, the girls aged between 8-18 are auctioned to recover money.” These girls are being sent to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Delhi and even abroad and subjected to physical abuse, torture and sexual assault. Screenshot of the report published by Hindi daily outlet Dainik Bhaskar It revealed how minor girls are being auctioned on stamp papers in half a dozen districts of the state of Rajasthan.