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Girls and women from West Bengal and Assam are being increasingly trafficked to states like Punjab and Haryana where they are sexually exploited until they bear a male child, a UN report said on Wednesday. The study prepared by the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) noted that the victims are being sexually exploited and 'forced' to give birth to a male child. The source of demand driving the trafficking in young women arises from the prevailing gender inequalities in densely populated countries like India, namely the perception that a girl child is an 'economic liability', it said. The report also noted that the extremist outfits in the country have 'reportedly' begun recruiting boys aged between eight and 15 years to provide food and deliver ransom notes without arousing the suspicion of police. (August
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