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The Commission took cognizance in the ma er and
considered the report submi ed by the Special Monitor.
The Commission issued direc on to the State of Manipur,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, and
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to
submit ac on taken report/ compliance report on
recommenda ons including transfer of cases to the
Na onal Inves ga ng Agency (NIA).
Pursuant to further direc on of the Commission, the Dy.
Secretary (PR & ATC), Women Safety Division, Ministry of
Home Affairs, Govt. of India vide communica on dated
06May 2022 submi ed the report of DIG (Policy), NIA. It
was submi ed in the report that a copy of MHA's Women
Safety Divisions le er dated 17 December 2020 enclosing
SOP for comba ng trafficking of persons in India issued by
NHRC had already been shared with all officers/ officials
of NIA for sensi sing them on various aspects of Human
Trafficking. Further, direc ons were also issued to
concerned branch heads of NIA branch offices located at
Imphal, Guwaha , Kolkata, Lucknow and Chandigarh for
close liasioning with other sister agencies like SSB, BSF
and ITBP for colla ng and analysing informa on/
intelligence pertaining to human trafficking. It was further
submi ed that all four FIRs (rela ng to human trafficking
racket, registered at State of Manipur) i.e. FIR No. 7 (2)
2019 dated 01 December 2019, FIR No. 14 (2) 2019 dated
01 February 2019, FIR No. 26 (2) 2019 dated 01 February
2019 and FIR No. 25 (2) 2019 dated 02 February 2019
were transferred to the NIA and all four cases were under
inves ga on.
Further, pursuant to the direc on of the Commission and
condi onal summons to the Chief Secretary, Govt. of
Manipur, the Under Secretary, Home, Govt. of Manipur
vide communica on dated 31 March 2022 submi ed that
SOP dated 07 March 2022 was circulated to the concerned
departments including districts SPs on comba ng
trafficking of persons in India. It was further submi ed
that reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by the
NGOs involved in cases have been made under the
Ujjawala Scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child
Development, Govt. of India. Regarding male vic ms of
human trafficking by way of rehabilita on, shelter and
financial assistance, it was submi ed that as of now, there
was no provision for rehabilita on of male vic ms and
Govt. of Manipur would explore ways for se ng up
shelter homes for male vic ms.
Chapter 7 - Thematic Areas
The Commission considered the material placed on
record. All four FIRs were registered by Manipur Police in
connec on with human trafficking of 179 Nepalese
ci zens (147 women and 32 men) from various loca ons
in Manipur, all scheduled to fly to Middle-East countries.
The Women Safety Division, Ministry of Home Affairs,
GOI, informed that all four FIRs were transferred to the
NIA and all four cases were under inves ga on. Since the
law was set in mo on, no further interven on of the
Commission was required. The case was closed.
2.) Illegal ac vi es of human organ trade and human
trafficking in District Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
(Case No. 2200/22/51/2021)
The Commission received a Complaint dated 29 June 2021
in vernacular language from one resident of District
Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, about illegal ac vi es of human
organ trade and human trafficking to Japan in the area by
certain persons. A prayer was made for interven on by
the Commission in the ma er. The complainant alleged
that one Doctor was causing accidents in different places
and helping illegal Organ Trade Racket and smuggling eyes
and kidneys abroad and also brainwashing youngsters.
The Commission observed that the facts of the case were
disturbing. The allega ons made in the complaint were
serious in nature, involving human trafficking and trade in
human organs having interna onal nexus. The case
therefore involved grave viola on of Human Rights of the
vic ms and their families. Such types of cases are viewed
very seriously by the Commission. In these circumstances,
a No ce was sent to the Director General of Police, Tamil
Nadu, calling for an independent enquiry and ac on taken
report.
The Commission took serious view of the non-responsive
a tude of Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, for not
filing the requisite report. In these circum- stances,
summons were issued in the name of Director General of
Police, Tamil Nadu, for his personal appearance before the
Hon'ble Commission at 11:00 a.m. on 28 April 2022 along
with the requisite reports and copies of relevant documents. In case, the requisite report was received on or
before 21 April 2022, personal appearance of the above
officer shall stand dispensed with.
The Commission received a report dated 14 April 2022
from the Superintendent of Police, Thiruvarur District,
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