New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union ministry of home affairs to set up within a year the Organised Crime Investigative Agency (OCIA) for prevention, rehabilitation and rescue of the victims of child-trafficking and sexual exploitation.
A three-judge bench of Justices Anil R. Dave, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph, taking note of the report of the ministry of women and child development in this regard, disposed of a petition filed by an NGO Prajwala in 2004 highlighting the problems of trafficking of children and women for sexual exploitation.
On behalf of the Centre it was submitted that Rs 100 crore will be set up for the purposes of OCIA which will be constituted within six months after getting the approval. The bench asked the government to constitute the agency on or before November 30, 2016 and make it operational from December 1, 2016.
