Assistant Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service
PUNE, INDIA (ANS) -- Undercover rescuers from the Indian Rescue Mission (IRM), who had gone to rescue minor girls forced into prostitution inside one of the brothels of Pune, India, were thrashed by a gang on Wednesday night, February, 22, 2012.
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A scene in the Pune red light district |
It happened that a group of people, mostly women and hooligans, gathered on the ground floor of a brothel building and as soon as IRM team members reached the ground floor, the mob pounced on them and beat them up.
One of the attacked member, Mr. Kamble, said, “One boy punched me in the face, giving me a bloody nose.”
According to Kamble, the attackers called the police and tried to mislead them by branding the activists as “extortionists.”
Kamble told ANS, “After the police noticed that we were the victims who were manhandled by the mob, they asked us to lodge a complaint against the attackers.”
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James Varghese with girls after a previous rescue conducted by his organization |
U K Yadav, the Sub-Inspector of the Faraskhana Police Station said, “The duo did not disclose their identity which led to the tension in the area. We have taken preventive action against Ghanashyam Dnyaneshwar Kulapalli (27) of Bhavani Peth who had allegedly beaten the staff member.”
Reacting to the episode, James Varghese, Founder of the Indian Rescue Mission, and also an ANS correspondent, said, “We are deeply disturbed by this incident and we feel that we who help the people of the society should be given protection. We condemn this act and we request the police to act swiftly and bring the attackers to book.”
For more details on IRM’s work visit them at:www.indianrescuemission.org
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Jacob Philip works as a correspondent for an Indian newspaper and also serves as the Assistant Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service. Jacob lives in Bangalore and runs a software development business.
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