ONCE-OVER

Trafficking on the rise

Kathmandu: Trafficking in girls has been increasing day by day but petitions regarding this has been filed very infrequently. Director of the Society Study Centre India, Dr Ranjana Kumari said some 5,000-7,000 Nepalese girls are sold in India every year. But the Nepali Police statistics shows that only 2,527 cases are filed in the police in a period 30 years. — RSS