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'Trafficker' principal who jumped parole arrested

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Press Trust of India Moga (Pb)
Police today arrested a former principal of a local school, who jumped parole in 2006 while serving life term in a human trafficking case.

Manjula (54), an English lecturer-cum-principal, had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005 after being convicted of forcing girls who came to her for private tuitions into prostitution.

A local court also convicted Manjula's husband Sushil Kumar, who was an inspector in FCI, to 10 years' imprisonment in the case. He, however, was acquitted by a high court later.

Manjula came out of jail on parole in 2006 for four weeks and had been absconding since then, police said.
 

In 2000, a girl from Kalsiyan village of Ludhiana district, lodged an FIR against Manjula for allegedly forcing her into prostitution. The girl later committed suicide, police said.

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First Published: Nov 04 2013 | 5:00 PM IST

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