Imphal, Nov. 13 :     Twenty-six year-old Rosy Haokip (not her real name) is one of the indirect victims of the protracted Kuki-Paite clashes, which rocked Manipur in 1997. She is a sex worker. Driven by hunger, she took to the streets with her daughter after her husband?s death in an ethnic clash two years ago. However, her sojourn into the grimy lanes of the capital?s red light area was cut short yesterday when volunteers of the All-Manipur Students? Union (Amsu) rounded up 10 commercial sex workers from a local hotel. Amsu activists handed over Rosy and her associates to a women?s health clinic at Khoyathong after parading them before newsmen. Rosy along with the other sex workers have been asked to attend the clinic regularly by the counsellors. The hotel owner, manager and three clients were handed over to the police. ?I lost a son at the time of birth and my husband was killed in a Kuki-Paite clash. I am now left with my daughter,? an unrepentant Rosy said. A Kuki tribal from Churachandpur district, Rosy came to the capital in search of a job in late 1997. She was lured by some pimps with a job offer and subsequently landed up in the red light area. According to the counsellors at the clinic, the clashes pitched many young widows, orphans and destitutes into the flesh trade for survival. The clinic has been treating many such sex workers for the past few years. In most of the cases, young women with children were lured into the profession after their husband?s death. The rehabilitation programmes initiated by the state government have not been able to provide succour to these women. Coupled with this is poor health awareness, which make these commercial sex workers vulnerable to HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases. MPP, police lock horns The city police have registered a case against Manipur People?s Party legislator N. Loken Singh, who has threatened to move a privilege motion against the police. According to the FIR lodged at Imphal police station, Singh had allegedly torn off the shoulder badge of sub-inspector John Lamkang on November 8 at the minister?s colony. Senior MPP leaders have come out in favour of their colleagues in view of the impending Assembly polls.