Two arrested for trafficking of minor
Jaipur (IANS). Two people have been arrested for trafficking a minor from Jharkhand to Rajasthan’s Kota district. On the complaint of the girl, the police registered a case under trafficking and other sections and arrested Raju and Ravi, while the third accused Lalit is absconding.
The accused had kept the minor and his mother locked in a room in Kota for eight days. The victim somehow informed the Bachpan Bachao Andolan helpline, on which cyber cell in-charge Pratap and Superintendent of Police Sharad Chaudhary were contacted and informed about the matter.
Sharad Chowdhary traced the location of the victims and rescued them from a house in Premnagar Affordable Society, Kota. The owner of the house has been identified as Geeta. She is the mother of Ravi, the accused in the case.
The child was brought safely to the Children’s Room of Udyog Nagar Police Station, where she was counselled. During counselling, the girl said that Rajendra Mandal alias Raju from her neighboring village came to her house and told her mother that he would marry her daughter in Kota and give some money in return.
The minor told that when his mother refused, he threatened to kill her and forcibly brought both of them to Kota.
In Kota the accused Ravi and Lalit locked her in a room and tried to sell the minor. When the victim refused, the accused kept her hungry for four days and threatened to kill the mother-daughter duo.
Initial investigation revealed that all three were involved in human trafficking. Raju’s daughter and son-in-law live in Kota. While Geeta, from whose house the mother-daughter duo was recovered, is also involved in the crime. Geeta already has a case registered against her for selling a minor from Jharkhand in the name of marriage and is currently out on bail.
After counselling, the girl was sent to a child reform home. Bachpan Bachao Andolan director Manish Sharma said that it is being seen that the trend of trafficking of minor girls from Jharkhand in the name of marriage and employment by organized criminal gangs is gaining momentum.
