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Trafficked girls rescued from E Midnapore
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Trafficked girls rescued from E Midnapore
KOLKATA: Ten girls who had fallen into a trap set by traffickers were rescued from a hotel in East Midnapore on Thursday. On the reception of specific intelligence, a team of officers from the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the Special Operations Group of the state Criminal Investigations Department (CID) swooped down on Hotel Maa Kali under Mahishadal police station during the wee hours. Seven persons, suspected to be perpetrators, were arrested during the operation.
The young women, aged between 15 and 25 years, were illegally brought in from Bangladesh and different districts of West Bengal. The victims told police that the traffickers lured them with promises of jobs while few said they were sold by their own relatives. Once in the hotel, the girls were locked up in dirty and cramped rooms and forced to entertain clients.
"Hundreds of minor girls are trafficked from Bangladesh and different parts of West Bengal each year. The police are doing their part in rescuing and rehabilitating them. But what is needed most is for the media to facilitate a public forum on the issue between government agencies and non-government agencies alike," said Sarbari Bhattacharya, Officer in Charge of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, CID.
Representatives of International Justice Mission (IJM) , a human rights organization, accompanied CID on the rescue operation.
"The excellence execution by the CID team and their precision led to the freedom of 10 girls," said IJM Field Office Director Biju Mathew.
The rescued girls have all been placed in an aftercare home. The minors will be produced before Child Welfare Committee while the girls from Bangladesh will be repatriated.
The young women, aged between 15 and 25 years, were illegally brought in from Bangladesh and different districts of West Bengal. The victims told police that the traffickers lured them with promises of jobs while few said they were sold by their own relatives. Once in the hotel, the girls were locked up in dirty and cramped rooms and forced to entertain clients.
"Hundreds of minor girls are trafficked from Bangladesh and different parts of West Bengal each year. The police are doing their part in rescuing and rehabilitating them. But what is needed most is for the media to facilitate a public forum on the issue between government agencies and non-government agencies alike," said Sarbari Bhattacharya, Officer in Charge of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, CID.
Representatives of International Justice Mission (IJM) , a human rights organization, accompanied CID on the rescue operation.
"The excellence execution by the CID team and their precision led to the freedom of 10 girls," said IJM Field Office Director Biju Mathew.
The rescued girls have all been placed in an aftercare home. The minors will be produced before Child Welfare Committee while the girls from Bangladesh will be repatriated.
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