Morang sees disappearance of 966 women

MORANG, April 26: Close relatives are found to have involved here in the trafficking of Nepali adolescent girls and women to India. Maiti Nepal Morang Coordinator Binod Pokharel shared that the close relatives such as maternal uncle, maternal aunty, father’s sister and her husband, and mother’s younger sister of the women and girls were found involved in the trafficking.

At a press conference organized by Maiti Nepal Morang here today, as many as 37 women and girls were rescued from the bordering area in the period of a year from April 2020 to March 2021. During the period, Maiti Nepal was successful in checking the trafficking of women and girls from Morang, Sunsari, Dhankuta, Udayapur, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Siraha, Saptari, Solukhumbu, Bara , Chitwan, Sindhupalchowk, Khotang and Jhapa districts.