Suniel
Shetty
Saving
Women
From
Trafficking:
Women
falling
prey
to
sex
trafficking
has
been
the
heinous
acts
that
are
not
often
discussed.
But
do
you
know
our
own
action
hero
Suniel
Shetty
once
turned
a
savior
for
them.
Not
only
that,
but
he
also
arranged
the
flight
tickets
for
their
safe
return
to
home.
On
top
of
that,
the
actor
ensured
that
this
was
not
disclosed
until
one
of
the
survivors
opened
up
about
it
years
later.

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Allegation

Suniel
Shetty
Saved
Nepalese
Women
From
Sex
Trafficking

The
actor
stayed
mum
about
the
incident
for
about
28
years.
However,
one
of
the
survivors,
Charimaya
Tamang,
opened
up
about
how
she
was
trafficked
from
her
village
and
how
they
were
saved
from
a
sex
racket
by
the
actor.
She
said,

“When
the
government
was
confused
as
to
how
to
go
about
the
operation,
it
was
India’s
film
hero,
Suniel
Shetty
who
supported
us,”
Charimaya
said
in
the
Vice
India
documentary
–
The
Forgotten
Ones:
Human
Trafficking
In
Nepal.

In
the
video,
she
also
said,
“On
February
5,
1996,
the
whole
of
Kamathipura,
the
brothel
area,
had
been
cordoned
off
by
police
and
social
workers.
They
got
us
out
of
there.
This
is
how
we
were
rescued.
After
being
rescued,
our
government
(Nepal)
refused
to
bring
us
back.
They
said
we
didn’t
have
our
birth
certificates
or
citizenship
cards.
That
is
when
your
film
hero,
Suneil
Shetty
supported
us.
He
got
plane
tickets
to
Kathmandu
for
128
women
who
had
been
rescued.”

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More
About
The
Incident
That
Took
Place
In
1996

On
5
February
1996,
Mumbai
police
rescued
456
survivors,
aged
between
14
to
30,
from
Kamathipura
red
light
area
in
Mumbai.
Out
of
the
total
rescued
women,
128
were
Nepalese,
however,
they
didn’t
have
citizenship
proof,
for
which
the
Nepalese
government
didn’t
want
to
take
them
back.
Later,
Suniel
Shetty
arranged
flight
tickets
and
paid
the
amount
to
ensure
that
the
women
reached
home
safely
with
the
help
of
his
mother-in-law,
Vipula
Kadri,
founder
of
the
‘Save
the
Children’
NGO,
for
the
operation.

Speaking
about
this,
he
said,

“We
didn’t
really
think
about
the
price
of
flight
tickets.
The
cost
was
not
that
important.
It
was
the
effort
that
counted.
My
mother-in-law
started
the
Save
The
Children
NGO
and
it’s
active
even
today.
All
of
us
are
involved
in
it.
The
inspiration
comes
from
her.
She
was
the
one
who
decided
to
take
the
risk
of
rescuing
the
girls
and
thereby
getting
into
the
bad
books
of
the
mafia.”

When
asked
why
he
stayed
mum
all
these
years,
he
revealed,
“Firstly,
we
didn’t
want
to
glorify
ourselves.
It
was
not
right
as
these
girls
were
involved.
Secondly,
yeh
aisi
gandi
mafia
hai
ki
kabhi
chodti
nahi
hai.
Jitne
low
profile
mein
operation
hone
ki
zarurat
thi,
waise
hi
hua
(The
operation
took
place
in
a
low-profile
manner).
Hence,
nobody
even
knew
about
this
incident.”