[Assam] on a biased report against people of Noth East

[Ankur Bora]

HON’BLE 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. 
kumar.vikram at mailtoday.in

  

   
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