Human trafficking racket busted in Assam, network was spread across three states; two rescued

It was a significant breakthrough for Assam's Guwahati Police as it busted a big-time human trafficking racket. According to a senior official, the police arrested four persons from Assam, Bihar, and West Bengal in connection with an interstate human trafficking racket. The police further rescued two minor girls and foiled an attempt to kidnap another.

Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah on Monday informed that an FIR was lodged by a woman at the Bhangagarh police station on June 29. In this, it was stated that the woman's daughter and another minor girl had been missing. She said in her complaint that her daughter was asking for a new mobile phone and went to her friend's house when she was refused. After this, both the girls went missing.

According to the commissioner of police, a team has been immediately set up to investigate to trace the girls. When this probe was going on, one man phoned the victim's brother and asked for Rs 30,000 against the release of his sister. The call was traced to Purnia in Bihar. A police team subsequently went from Bhangagarh to Purnia and caught the caller; after that, both girls were rescued.