Traffickers target northeast Indian women, sell them like cattle

Traffickers target northeast Indian women, sell them like cattle timesofindia.indiatimes.comNortheast Indian Women: Traffickers target northeast Indian women, sell them like cattle | India News - Times of IndiaIndia News: As Delhi convulses in deep anger and anxiety at the gang-rape of a 23-year-old last Sunday, quietly in the North-East hordes of women continue to be p …

In fact, so blaise and open is the trade that there is a price fixed for each category -- Rs 1 lakh for marriage, Rs 1.5 lakh for prostitution and Rs 5,000-Rs 6,000 for bonded labour.

Due to the practice of female foeticide which prevails in some of the Western Indian states such as Punjab and Haryana, the sex ratio now stands at 800 females for every 1,000 males. This is fueling the trafficking of women.