The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian for their alleged involvement in facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking into India.
Tripura police launched the operation after receiving credible intelligence about the illegal presence of foreign nationals in the city.
According to the central agency, search operations were conducted in collaboration with local police at multiple locations across six states and Union Territories.
A Child Welfare Committee member said they had received information that many children were being taken illegally from Araria and Purnia in Bihar to Deoband in Saharanpur.
The writer is a social activist who has been at the forefront of the fight against human trafficking and has led NGOs that have helped rescue hundreds of victims across India.
The girl's parents had sold girl for Rs 40,000 and received an advance of Rs 20,000, with remaining amount to be handed over to them after the wedding.
Four people, including a father-son duo, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for trying to sell a girl in Mumbai.
Despite the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in 1986 & 2016 and Right to education (2009), children in India continue to remain extremely vulnerable to human trafficking, illiteracy, poor physical and mental health experiencing a failed childhood that compromises the future quality of human capital.
During preliminary investigation, it has been found that the arrested persons were involved in human trafficking by means of procuring girls girls from different places and exploiting them in district Budgam and other parts of the valley.
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, Assam recorded 149 cases of human trafficking in which 379 victims were rescued.
