Assam Police Busts Human Trafficking Ring, Two Minors Rescued from Arunachal

TINSUKIA: In a significant breakthrough against human trafficking, the Assam Police have dismantled a notorious trafficking ring operating in Tinsukia’s Guijan. The operation, which spanned multiple regions including Duliajan, Jonai, Majuli, Banderdewa, and Tinsukia, led to the arrest of nine individuals, including the suspected mastermind.

Rijumoni Tai, identified as the leader of the trafficking network, is accused of orchestrating the abduction of two minor girls, aged 9 and 13, from Guijan. The girls were reportedly trafficked for Rs 2 lakh after being abducted on their way home from school on December 26. According to police, two women were involved in forcing the minors into a car and transporting them to an unknown location.

The victims were later rescued from Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar and Naharlagun. Authorities acted swiftly to apprehend the suspects, and investigations are ongoing to identify other potential links in the trafficking network.

Meanwhile, The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested 35 human traffickers in the last five months in Tripura for facilitating illegal entry of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said on Monday.

An official said that the 35 human traffickers, all Indians, were arrested by the GRP from different places in Tripura in the past five months.

On Sunday night, the GRP personnel with the help of the Border Security Force (BSF) jawans arrested five more human traffickers from Konaban in Sepahijala district.

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