Saturday, November 19, 2011
Eight minors rescued, trafficking racket busted
Chandigarh The Chandigarh Police today claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket and rescued eight minors including two girls who had been brought from West Bengal and forced to work as domestic helps at homes and dhabas.
The police have arrested two accused identified as Janak Raj and Mithun, both natives of West Bengal presently staying in Kishangarh. The police have booked the accused for habitually dealing in slaves, A case has been registered against the accused at the Sector 3 Police Station. Janak Raj has also been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act.
Late on Friday evening, the police arrested Janak from Sukhna Lake and rescued five minor children including two girls aged 14 and 17 after conducting a raid at his premises.
During Raj’s questioning, the police established the role of Mithun who was arrested today and based on his statements three minor boys aged between 12 and 13 years were rescued from various dhabhas in the city.
Raj, who has been working with Punjab Cooperative Federation as a helper since 2001, told the police that he had been suffering from a back problem for the last two years. He planned to open a placement agency for providing domestic help service as some of his friends were into the business work and were doing good.
He further told the police that he had registered the firm and had advertised last year for providing domestic helps in order to develop his client base.
Raj told the police that he directly got demand from the households and then through his agents like Mithun he procured children from different states including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh. He had been supplying kids in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
During Mithun’s questioning it was established that he had brought the children from his village in West Bengal for Rs 500.
It also came to the knowledge of the cops that the money earned by the children was taken by Raj.
Raj claimed that he sent the money to the children’s parents. However, the authenticity of his claim is being verified by the police.
SP (operations) R S Ghumman said that efforts would be made to trace and rescue other minors who have been forcefully made to work.
ASP (Central) Deshraj said that preliminary investigation revealed that no physical exploitation of the minors had been done, but the possibility has been not ruled out.
The police have arrested two accused identified as Janak Raj and Mithun, both natives of West Bengal presently staying in Kishangarh. The police have booked the accused for habitually dealing in slaves, A case has been registered against the accused at the Sector 3 Police Station. Janak Raj has also been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act.
Late on Friday evening, the police arrested Janak from Sukhna Lake and rescued five minor children including two girls aged 14 and 17 after conducting a raid at his premises.
During Raj’s questioning, the police established the role of Mithun who was arrested today and based on his statements three minor boys aged between 12 and 13 years were rescued from various dhabhas in the city.
Raj, who has been working with Punjab Cooperative Federation as a helper since 2001, told the police that he had been suffering from a back problem for the last two years. He planned to open a placement agency for providing domestic help service as some of his friends were into the business work and were doing good.
He further told the police that he had registered the firm and had advertised last year for providing domestic helps in order to develop his client base.
Raj told the police that he directly got demand from the households and then through his agents like Mithun he procured children from different states including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh. He had been supplying kids in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
During Mithun’s questioning it was established that he had brought the children from his village in West Bengal for Rs 500.
It also came to the knowledge of the cops that the money earned by the children was taken by Raj.
Raj claimed that he sent the money to the children’s parents. However, the authenticity of his claim is being verified by the police.
SP (operations) R S Ghumman said that efforts would be made to trace and rescue other minors who have been forcefully made to work.
ASP (Central) Deshraj said that preliminary investigation revealed that no physical exploitation of the minors had been done, but the possibility has been not ruled out.
Meanwhile,the children will be presented before a child welfare committee which will decide where these children will be sent.
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