Trafficked girl kept confined
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 05, 2011:
Manipur Police have requested Udyog Vihar Police in Gurgaon to rescue a 15 year old girl from the state who was trafficked to Delhi recently, an official source said Saturday.
According to the source, the 15 year old girl hailing from Kanglatongbi under Sekmai PS was trafficked by Biku Rampal of Tispara village of Kanglatongbi on January 24 last on the pretext of providing job in New Delhi.
The father of the girl has lodged a complaint with Sekmai PS who registered a case under sections related with human trafficking.
The father complained that his daughter is reportedly kept confined in a room of a rented house at Doom Dera Ramchawk behind Hanuman Mandir near a meat selling centre under Udyog Vihar PS of Gurgoan, Haryana.
Based on this information, Sekmai police asked the Station House Officer of Udyok Vihar PS for verification and to arrest the culprits.
They also informed the state Social Welfare Department to take up action to rescue the girl, the source added.
Last year, as many as 139 children, trafficked from Manipur, were rescued from various illegal children�s homes in Chennai and Bangalore.
In 2009, 97 children were rescued from various other states.
The state government has taken up steps to set up anti-trafficking police units to check the rise in trafficking of children outside Manipur on the pretext of free education.
It had initiated steps to set up anti-human trafficking cells in Churachandpur, Senapati, Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Bishnupur which had seen the largest number of child trafficking.
The cells are to be set up as per a directive of the Union home ministry to the state government to take steps to check trafficking of children from Manipur to other states.
Government has sanctioned Rs.15.60 lakh for opening two cells in the first phase, one in Imphal West which will also cover Imphal East district, and Churachandpur.
The State Social Welfare Department has restricted sending children below 12 years for education outside the state following a directive of the Supreme Court in September 1 last year.