Biswanath Police rescued Assam Girl from bonded labour in Arunachal Pradesh

Biswanath: In a major success operation by the police department of Biswanath, officials of the Police Station rescued a minor girl of Adivasi community from Taksin near Arunachal Pradesh-China border on Monday.

As per reports, the 17-year-old victim girl is a resident of Bedetir area under Biswanath District was allegedly sold by her own maternal uncle identified as one Babul Lohar to an unknown person in Lakhimpur six to seven years back.

Later, the unidentified person sold her to another person from Arunachal Pradesh and from then she was living a life of bonded labour in Taksin in Indo-China border.

It is to be noted that a person identified as Rajiv Bhuyan went to the Taksin for an official work when he found a Facebook post and the matter came into limelight.

Later, All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA) Bihali unit and All Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (AATSA) took an initiative and traced the residence of the family members of the Adivasi girl and accordingly forced them to lodge a case in connection to the matter at Bihali Police Station.

Following the complaint, a search operation was conducted by Bihali Police under the supervision of Biswanath District, Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Roushan and managed to rescue the bonded Adivasi girl from Arunachal Pradesh on Monday evening.

Meanwhile, police had arrested the maternal uncle of the victim girl Babul Lohar and produced before the court today.

15-year-old boy allegedly got kidnapped in Lakhimpur

In a similar kind of case, a 15-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped on April 13, 2019, in No 1. Sonapur area under Bipuria Police Station of Lakhimpur District, as per reports, the matter was suspected to be a case of Child Trafficking.

Reports also state that one identified as Saiful Islam of the same village had allegedly lured the minor boy for a mobile handset and took him to Arunachal Pradesh and sold him to an unknown people.

After the incident came to light, a case was also registered at Bipuria Police Station; however, no whereabouts of the 7th standard boy has been ascertained so far by the police.

Meanwhile, the poor parents of the minor boy had sought for Administration and Police support to rescue their only child from the clutches of Human Traffickers operating in Arunachal Pradesh.

It may also be mentioned that Saiful Islam also engaged in illegal gold smuggling, women trafficking and printing of fake Indian currency notes.

Accused Saiful Islam is reportedly absconding since April last.

It is to be noted that India has a high volume of Child Trafficking. There have been many cases where children just disappear overnight, as many as one every eight minutes, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. In some cases, children are taken from their homes to be bought and sold in the market. In other cases, children are tricked into the hands of traffickers by being presented an opportunity for a job, when in reality, upon arrival they become enslaved.

In India, there is a large number of children trafficked for various reasons such as labour, begging, and sexual exploitation. Because of the nature of this crime; it is hard to track; and due to the poor enforcement of laws, it is difficult to prevent.

A root cause of commercial sexual exploitation and child trafficking in India is due to poverty, lack of education, and the need to support their family.

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