City police have decided to conduct an age-test drive on women bartenders and massage centre employees to prevent minor girls from being employed and pushed into possible human trafficking.
Police, who arrested a few women from massage parlours for alleged illegal activities, found that some were minors, and were brought to the city with the promise of jobs.
City police commissioner Jyothi Prakash Mirji on Friday said they would keep a strict vigil on bars, massage parlours and other places where women are employed.
"Some massage parlours are alleged to be carrying out illegal activities. A recent raid on an apartment in Viveknagar proved it," he said.
Mirji said investigations had revealed that some girls were brought to the city on the pretext of employment. "Miscreants who bring these poor girls on the pretext of getting them jobs and misuse them, will be severely dealt with, and will face kidnap and rape charges," he added.
In the second week of May, Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths raided a massage parlour in JC Nagar and arrested 10 persons, including nine women, for an alleged prostitution racket. Of the nine, three were from Delhi, West Bengal and Delhi.
According to joint commissioner of police (crime) Alok Kumar, many girls conceal their age during raids. "Detecting the exact age of girls employed at bars and massage centres is not easy. We have cases where minor girls deliberately hide their identity. Police have directed employers to provide ID cards to all their female employees," he added.
LABOUR LAWS BIND EMPLOYERS
The Karnataka Labour Act has laid down rules for those employing women at workplaces, particularly at bars and massage parlours. They should
* not force them to indulge in any kind of illegal activities
* not damage their reputations or outrage their modesty
* make transportation arrangements if working on night shifts
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