Ranchi, January 28: In a major rescue operation against human trafficking 19 girls including 14 minors were freed and two persons were arrested due intervention of the Integrated Rehabilitation cum Resource Centre at Delhi and Sahibganj police.
The Integrated Rehabilitation cum Resource Centre (IRRC) an initiative of women and child development department of Jharkhand set up after the initiative of chief minister Hemant Soren has been successful in rescuing several minor and other victims of human trafficking from the state.
Two human traffickers were caught by the IRRC, New Delhi and Sahibganj Police and 19 girls were freed on the basis of documents recovered from their house.
Among them, 14 girls were found between 12 to 15 years and five girls were above 18 years. All are residents of Borio block of Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.
They were freed from various areas of New Delhi by conducting operations.
Jharkhand Police was helped by Virendra Kumar, director of Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi and two local NGOs, Mission Mukti Foundation and Akshay Pandey of Rescue Foundation.
Nachiketa, nodal officer of Integrated Rehabilitation cum Resource Centre, New Delhi, said that she was informed by the Borio Police of Jharkhand that a human trafficker had lured several girls and brought them to Delhi.
Based on the information given by the police, two human smugglers were arrested after contacting the local police station. A girl was found at the smugglers’ house, whom they had brought to Delhi through human trafficking.
As soon as the human smugglers were found, Sahibganj SP Kumar Gaurav was informed. Taking prompt action, he immediately sent a police team to Delhi. Borio Police, who came to Delhi under the leadership of Rajesh Kumar, conducted raids in various areas of Delhi on the basis of documents found from the house of human traffickers and freed the girls.
All will be presented in the CWC (Child Welfare Committee) of different districts of Delhi and after legal action, they will be rehabilitated back to their homes by the Jharkhand Women and Child Development Department.
Jharkhand Women and Child Development Department has given strict instructions to all the districts to take immediate action if such cases are found. Along with this, the District Social Welfare Officer and District Child Protection Officer of the concerned district have also been ordered to form a team and send them to New Delhi as soon as such cases are found and rehabilitate the children safely in their homes under various schemes run by the Jharkhand Government. They should be given the benefit. They should also be monitored continuously.