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'''Anweshi Women's Counselling Centre''' is a [[non-governmental organization]] based in [[Calicut district]] of [[Kerala]], headed by former [[naxalite]] leader [[K. Ajitha]]. Anweshi has been involved with a challenging task of exposing one of the several `sex rackets’ in Kerala that trapped adolescent girls and young women in [[Kozhikode]] city.

The case popularly known as “[[Ice cream parlour sex scandal|The ice-cream parlor case]]” gained particular importance because of the involvement of influential [[politician]]s, [[government official]]s, powerful rich persons etc. Many influential suspects including politician “[[P.K. Kunhalikutty]]”, being politically and economically very powerful, were able to sabotage the investigation processes and the trial.

As a result, all the key victims/witnesses turned hostile. The [[prosecutor]], who is supposed to protect the interests of the victims, did not make much effort to question the [[hostile witness]]es and the judge also did not probe. The trial was stage managed and hastily concluded, in which the ultimate victim was justice itself. In the Ice Cream Parlour case, all the accused were released with the judge commenting that the prosecution could not prove the case.

Recently the case got attention when another important suspect “[[K. A. Rauf]]” came out with shocking details about the case including [[corruption]] and [[bureaucracy]] in the judicial system. This case is under investigation and a committee headed by Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) [[Vinson M. Paul]] has been appointed by the State Government.

== References ==
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313200403/http://anweshi.org/ Anweshi Web Page] 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071205060953/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/26/stories/2007112651530300.htm Anweshi Criticises Sudharan] 
[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/12keral1.htm Everybody in Wynad knew Varghese was brutally murdered by the police after torture] 
https://web.archive.org/web/20110721150206/http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/sudeep/suryanellicase.html 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126212516/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2124/stories/20041203002604200.htm] 
http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/14/stories/2006041409290300.htm 
http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1419345/ 
https://web.archive.org/web/20110520053959/http://www.dowryfreemarriage.com/events/ 
http://www.sabrang.com/cc/archive/2005/jan05/witprot.html 
https://web.archive.org/web/20080215111302/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/01/13/stories/2006011306570300.htm 
http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/committee/strgrp11/str11_17a.htm 
https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135005/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=104061 
[https://archive.today/20130123012709/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sex-scandal-returns-to-haunt-kerala/744489/0 Sex Scandal Returns to Haunt Kerala]

[[Category:Women's organisations based in India]]

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