In Nigeria, an organisation called Boko Harem , abducted more than
350 girls , protesting on giving
education to those girls who are still under captivity. Here in India, children are abducted for education. Seems strange, but is a fact. Organizations
in Kerala under the name of Yatim Khana (orphanage) trafficked more than 200
children from Jharkhand state. They were apprehended in a railway station by
police, without any documents and tickets. Telephonic inquiries made to their parents
revealed that the children were lured from them promising education and money
and that too under duress. The police
chief who handles the case categorically said that the Juvenile Justice Act has
been blatantly violated. The Kerala Home minister whose UDF government strives
on the citadels made by the Muslim League cautiously commented that the
children could have been taught in their home state and laws have been
violated.
Yatim Khanas are traditional Muslim orphanages in Kerala where underprivileged
children are given religious teaching. Of late there has been allegations that
these children might be radicalized or may have been converted from other
religious. While it is too early to conclude to a fact, it need to be seen that whether religious freedom have been mis-utilized or if there is any internal security issue .
With nearly 20 MLAs in the state legislative assembly the Muslim
League which controls the UDF government does not give any hope .In fact all muslim organizations including the state minority commission was united against the police for alleging this as a case of human trafficking .
With a flawed notion of one sided secularism as practiced in Kerala,
where in minority organizations controls the rank and file with a skewed social balance between a majoritarian
minority on one side, and left veined minoritarian
majority on the other side, nothing
more can be expected from the intelligentsia and middle classes either. Maximum
that could be seen will be a left leaning discussion or article on the topic
from popular dailies. The home minister will duck and the investigating officer
transferred and all is well in secular Kerala.
In the above context, it is imperative that the home ministry take
cognizance of this human trafficking, where children were illegally taken and
packed in train like cattle and take corrective steps. The national media which
are Delhi/North India centric too hope to open its eyes.
If not we will have a
troubled K State in the southern tip as like we now have one on the northern
tip.
Sanyasi
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