Siliguri, 28th October: The district legal services authorities are taking initiatives to raise awareness on women’s protection. A seminar on this subject was organized at the Law College of North Bengal University on Thursday.
A trafficking ring has come to light that lures women to travel to different states on the pretext of providing them jobs. Students of the law department from different places participated in the said seminar. Discussions were held on how to provide legal services in the field of women’s protection.
Principal of Law College Dr Gangotri Chakraborty, Secretary of District Legal Services Authority Sujoy Sarkar, District President of Darjeeling District Legal Aid Forum Amit Sarkar, Sanyukta Maitra, and others were present.
Amit Sarkar said that even during the lockdown, they have continued awareness work in compliance with the COVID protocols. However, many times women trafficking incidents have come to light. Free legal services will be provided to rescue them.