NGO demands Tarun Tejpal's arrest

NEW DELHI, AUG. 24. Shakti Vahini, an NGO working for the rights of sex workers, today described the use of sex workers in the tehelka.com sting operation as disgraceful and demanded the arrest of the portal's managing director, Mr. Tarun Tejpal.

``If no action is taken against Mr. Tejpal, then the Government should legalise prostitution,'' Mr. Ravi Kant, executive director of the NGO, said here.

Activists working for women's empowerment were shocked that no action had been taken against the website even two days after the revelation that Mr. Tejpal had recruited sex workers and provided their services to Army officials, he said.

It was surprising that neither the National Commission for Women nor women MPs or leaders such as Ms. Sonia Gandhi, had come out against the ``vulgar'' use of women, Mr. Kant said.

``If police take no action against Mr. Tejpal, then we will move the court against him under the Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act and the Indecent Representation of Women Act,'' Mr. Kant added.

- UNI

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