2 Minors From Assam Pressured To Marry Strangers In Rajasthan, Rescued
Guwahati:
The Assam police have busted a human-trafficking racket, rescuing two women from the state who have been trafficked and offered in Rajasthan. The police mentioned the women have been taken to Rajasthan, the place they have been pressured to marry strangers. The police, who have been already investigating the matter, bought a breakthrough when one of many women escaped and managed to succeed in dwelling.
“A resident of Talkar Grant, Gumrah Tea Property in Cachar district filed a criticism at Kalain police station on January 24, alleging that two ladies, Rupali Dutta and Ganga Ganju, had taken his daughter and his neighbour’s daughter, each underage to an undisclosed location promising jobs,” mentioned Numal Mahatta, Cachar superintendent of police.
The neighbour’s daughter escaped and returned dwelling by prepare. On her return, she revealed that they have been “offered by the 2 ladies and compelled to marry strangers,” he added.
“Following the FIR, we’ve got began investigation and our crew efficiently traced a telephone name made by the lady to her household.
Instantly, a four-member police crew led by a girl officer reached Jaipur to search out lady. With the assistance of Rajasthan police, the crew rescued the lady and arrested a person, Leela Ram of Rajasthan’s Manpura,” Mr Mahatta mentioned.
One other lady was unexpectedly rescued through the operation. On seeing Assam police uniforms, one other lady – a resident of Adamtilla in Sribhumi district — approached the crew and revealed that she too was trafficked.
“Now we have rescued each women and introduced them again to Assam. Our investigation is in progress and we’re taking all doable measures to arrest the 2 ladies, who function a trafficking community in Assam,” the officer mentioned.
Sources mentioned the actions of human-trafficking networks have spiked in Assam and daily women are trafficked exterior state.
The human traffickers lure women from poor households, convincing them that they’ll simply get jobs exterior Assam. They’re taken to undisclosed areas and offered. “Most of them are pressured into prostitution,” mentioned a member of a non-profit which offers with human-trafficking instances.
“Each month, many lacking instances are reported in police stations throughout Assam,” he mentioned. Most of those women are victims of trafficking. The household doesn’t initially realise when the women go lacking, since they aren’t in common contact. By the point they file a criticism, it’s too late, he mentioned, particularly as a result of they’re taken out of the state.
“With the proper strategy and well-coordinated investigation, human trafficking may be curbed. The police ought to take fast motion after a lacking criticism is filed,” he added.
