Police busts child trafficking racket; rescues 42 children in Sikkim

Guwahati, July 24: Busting major Child trafficking racket, Assam and Sikkim Police on Friday rescued around 42 children and arrested 2 people in connection with the racket.

 

 

Police informed that the parents of these children were lured that their children will be taken care of and given proper education. The rescued children were as young as 9 years to 18 years of age and were forced to work as domestic helpers. The rescued children were brought back to the state on Friday.

 

Responding to the matter, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed the need to eliminate human trafficking once and for all in the state.

 

The parents of the children, hailing from four villages of Chirang district along the Indo-Bhutan border, were lured by two persons who assured that their education would be taken care of, but they ended up as domestic help, Sarma told.

 

He also praised the Assam Police and said that the state police have not only launched operations against drug and cattle smuggling but human trafficking as well.

He further said, “Assam government is firm in its resolve to not allow the heinous act of trafficking of women and children. We shall come down heavily on perpetrators of such crimes and hunt them down from whichever part of the world they are in. Assam Police will be hawk-eyed."

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