HONBLE MR. JUSTICE GANENDRA NARAYAN RAY
http://mailtoday.in/showstory.aspx?queryed=9&querypage=4&boxid=275671144&parentid=2129&eddate=Jan%2028%202008%2012:00AM
Dear Sir ,
This is regarding the above mentined url published in Mail Today e-paper by
Vikram Kumar. In this article , Mr. Kumar has spread misinformation on the
people of a paricular region of India i.e North East. In fact in his article
Mr. Kumar branded the girls of North easter region residing in and around Delhi
as drug peddlars. This type of article is non only causing misinformation on a
region but also endangering the lives of of students and professionals of North
East residing in Delhi. We often come across news of violence against girls and
women of NE region and publication of this type of article will cause more
harm. I request your action on the newspaper ( Mail Today) and the reporter
Vikram Kumar on this article. I would also like to let you know there is no
contact information on the News paper website and as such I am mailing directly
for your attenion.
I also request K. Sachidananda Murthy of Malayala Manorama , Geetartha
Pathak of AssamBani , Abhay Chhajlani of Nai Dunia Parisar and Sanjoh Hazarika
to raise this issue at the appropriate forum.
Yours Sincerely
Ankur Bora
Austin , Texas
The content of the newpaper article is attached below.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Druglords prey on N-E girls to act as peddlers
By Kumar Vikram in New Delhi
The next time a cocaine addict in Delhi orders for a fix, its
unlikely that an African man will be standing at the door. Instead, itll
probably be a young, trendy Northeast Indian girl. And for a few extra
thousands, shell put sex on offer as well.
This revelation about the illegal drug trade came to light last year, during
the court hearing of a Nigerian peddler. A police officer said, Our
investigating officers were surprised to find that many Northeastern girls
would attend the hearing at the Patiala Court House. We decided to probe
further. And the skeletons came tumbling out.
Where the girls score over the men is that they can offer customers a
combo-pack sex and drugs. The nexus works like this: the client calls the
peddler (usually African) for cocaine; the peddler gives the stuff to the girl;
she delivers it to the designated place, which is usually a farmhouse or
five-star hotel; and if the customer is willing and has the money, the girl
throws in sex as an added offer.
The clients are high-end and as a result, the girls earn much more than they
would earlier, the officer said. Rates can vary from anything between Rs
25,000 and Rs 50,000 for a few hours of intoxication and intercourse.
The genesis of the trend, say sources, lies in the Rahul Mahajan case. The
arrest of two Nigerian nationals put the spotlight on their counterparts and,
suddenly, African nationals roaming around in, say, a shopping complex were
viewed with suspicion by even common people, let alone the police. There were
several raids conducted across the city, at the end of which eight Nigerians
ended up in prison. Customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International
Airport pulled up their socks too and at the end of 2007, the total toll of
picked-up Africans numbered 70.
Enter the Northeastern girl, her age between 22 and 30.
This entry, though, was quite a logical fallout of things. Most of the
Nigerians peddlers were centred around the Munirka area in southwest Delhi,
which has a large population of northeastern girls too. As an officer said,
Most of these girls are call centre employees open to the idea of earning
extra money. And the suspected peddlers were ready to lend a help-ing hand.
But the trend is still very new. The association between the peddlers and the
girls acting as middlemen is a recent one, something that we came to know
during investigations, said DCP (narcotics) A.S. Cheema.
Something else that has come to light is that there is an increasing interest
in heroin among the customers. Afghanistan is home to heroine of superior
quality, which initially reaches Pakistan. The next stop on the trail is
usually Punjab or Rajasthan. Thereafter, its a snatch for the peddler to
smuggle the drug into Delhi and to the addicts place of choice. This would
earlier be pubs or lower-end hotels in the city. But post-Rahul Mahajan, such
places have become dicey for the peddlers. So now, its usually a five-star
hotel or a nondescript farmhouse.
And the person ringing the bell, in all probability, will be a Northeastern
girl.
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