Railway Police rescue 4 Bangladeshi minor girls from suspected trafficking in Assam

Guwahati, Jul 23: The Railway police on Friday (Jul 22) rescued four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction in Guwahati. The Police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India.

 

 

 

 

The Police recovered four fake Aadhaar cards in possession from them. An official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) informed that they have rescued four minor girls hailing from Bangladesh. According to the officials, further investigation is underway.

 

 

 

 

 

The official said, "We have found four Aadhaar cards in possession from them, but the cards are fake. During interrogation, they told us that, they are from Bangladesh. All are minor girls and they said that their next destination was Delhi. The matter is under investigation." The official further said that they came from Tripura.

 

 

Considering the grave severity of the human trafficking issue rooting to Bangladesh and tracking down to various Indian cities, India and Bangladesh had signed MoUs on Prevention of Smuggling of Fake Currency Notes, Cooperation between Coast Guards and Prevention of Human Trafficking, in 2015. However, human trafficking cases still continue to take place across India Bangladesh border.