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In the 23 years since Sheeba was born and raised in one of Assam's villages, she never imagined that her life would turn into a nightmare such as this. A year ago, she was kidnapped from her village in Assam and sold to a Haryana Jat family in Bhiwani for Rs 60,000. She had been bought to be made into a bride for a Jat boy. She was threatened, dolled up, married, made to change her ethnic Muslim name to a Hindu one, pressured to give up her religion and forced to live a life under constant surveillance and pretence. Six months later, she was pregnant. A week ago, after several attempts, she managed to finally reach a phone and called her parents, who had been desperately searching for her. That's when NGO Shakti Vahini stepped in, alerting the Haryana Police, who rescued Sheeba. Today, she's sitting at a police station in Bhiwani, five months pregnant, waiting for her parents to pick her up, and unsure how to feel about the baby moving inside, which is now too big to abort. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 76% of human trafficking cases nationwide over the last decade have involved girls and women. The trafficking of minor girls - the second-most prevalent trafficking crime - surged 14 times over the last decade and increased 65% in 2014, according to data released last year by the NCRB. On World Day Against Trafficking of Persons, 30 July, Catch brings you stories of its widespread prevalance, the new trends, the sickening "market" demands, the newer ways of commodification of women and remind you of the all time low conviction rates that keep the crime unchecked.
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Assam, kidnap, Jat family, Bhiwani, marriage, religion, surveillance, police station, National Crime Records Bureau
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