In the chargesheet filed before its special court in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, the Central probe agency has charged the accused with luring the girl with the promise of employment and then pushing her into immoral trafficking to make money.
On the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) reaffirmed its commitment to combat drug trafficking through the railway network.
A 15-year-old girl from Bihar was rescued last week at New Delhi Railway Station after the Delhi Police received a tip-off about a man allegedly attempting to sell her.
The accused used to kidnap toddlers from the New Delhi Railway Station for selling them to needy families for adoption.
The Bandipora police successfully rescued a woman victim of human trafficking, officials said on Sunday.
The Commission had received a complaint of an international trafficking and prostitution racket from seven women belonging to Uzbekistan.
It is expected that the Bill will be introduced in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning from July 19.
“Trafficking is the most egregious violation of human rights”, declared Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, at the turn of the new millennium, when the global body adopted a convention against transnational organised crime, and three protocols, one for preventing and punishing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, under the guardianship of the UNODC. So far, 177 countries, including India, have ratified it.
Governor Bandaru Dattatraya calls for making campaign against drug abuse a mass movement.
Six suspected traffickers, who were accompanying the minors, were detained by the local police in Bokaro, officials said.
