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Local SDM shuffled after false report about Sirmaur girls

Shimla, Dec04(UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh condemned the "malicious and baseless" reports of trafficking of the Sirmaur district girls to other states under the garb of marriage and ordered transfer of the local SDM, taking cognisance of the "malicious and baseless" reports.
On frequent media reports relating to the alleged trafficking of girls in Giri and Shilai areas of Sirmaur under the garb of marriages to “rich" outsiders, Chief Minister said that the Government has not found any evidence of this.
Following theses reports Government ordered transfer of Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Shillai, Mr. Vikas Shukla, who was reported to have got a survey done in the area about the girls being lured by men, young and old, from Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and UP. Mr. Shukla, who had released these details to the media, has also been served a chargesheet for allegedly “defaming the state and its daughters”. He has been posted as Assistant Settlement Officer, Arki (Solan). Mr Girish Saklani has been posted in his place.
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