Widow Prostitution

Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.

A 32-year-old widow from Karnataka was rescued from a brothel in Kamathipura in Mumbai on Wednesday evening. The woman was forced into prostitution four years ago by some unidentified men who had given her a drink laced with drugs and then kidnapped her from Chamrajnagar district in Karnataka. The local police have arrested Shashi Ram Tamang (45), ...

Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.

A 32-year-old widow from Karnataka was rescued from a brothel in Kamathipura in Mumbai on Wednesday evening. The woman was forced into prostitution four years ago by some unidentified men who had given her a drink laced with drugs and then kidnapped her from Chamrajnagar district in Karnataka. The local police have arrested Shashi Ram Tamang (45), ...