NSTnation Nine people were charged at the Sessions Court here today with trafficking women for sexual exploitation.
K. Kumaran, 39, and the five women he claimed as his “wives” — T. Kausalya, 21, Sarmilah, 23, B. Kavitah, 33, D. Dhanam, 35, and S. Rajesvari, 35, — along with his mother-in-law S. Leelavathy, 47, were among the nine charged.Kumaran and Eswaran were escorted by the police to court while others appeared on their own after being released on police bail.
They were jointly charged under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking In Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, read together with Section 34 of Penal Code, which can be sentenced under Section 12 of Atipsom Act 2007.The charge sheet were read out in Tamil and all the nine claimed trial. Farah Aimy told the court that no bail should be offered to all the accused on the ground that there was a flight risk and this involved a human trafficking case for sexual exploitation.The counsels, however, argued that the charges do not prevent one from getting bail for the offense.
"Apart from Kumaran and Easwaran, others were on police bail, and yet they came to court today. That shows there is no flight risk.
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