Incident Reports

Woman gets 20-years jail term for human trafficking charges in Makawanpur

2015-12-29

Bagmati, Makawanpur, Hetauda, Ward 4

The Makawanpur District Court on Tuesday convicted a woman of human trafficking and sent her to 20 years in jail. 28-year-old Sunita Moktan of Churiyamai-3, Makawanpur was found guilty by the court for trafficking a local woman to Bahrain. A single bench of Judge Dayaram Dhakal fined her of Rs 200,000 and ordered her to provide Rs 200,000 to the victim as compensation. A woman, identified as Kamala Moktan of Churiyamai had promised the 25-year-old victim of a job in Bahrain and taken her to India. Sunita, along with her associate, then trafficked the victim to Bahrain. The victim, however, managed to return home after six months with the help of a local woman in Bahrain. Police had filed human trafficking charges against Sunita and Kamala based on a complaint lodged by the victim. Kamala was convicted by the court two years ago.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Abduction
Weapons None
Primary Cause Related to organized crime and illegal trade (drugs, arms, non-gendered human trafficking, protection racket, gang violence, etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Abducted 1
Female Abducted 1
Youth Abducted 1
National/Online Media

0 Comments