The man, a wage labourer, had paid over 5, 000 rupees ($100, today) to a dalal, or broker, who arranged to ship unwanted girls to places short of them.

Then it detailed discusses the sorts and character of ship chartering broker.

Established in 2001 we enjoyed good reputation on market with our main activities as ship builder, SNP broker, superintendent, marine equipment and scrap raw material importer.