Tag: Human Trafficking

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'42,713 girls trafficked from Sundergarh in a decade'

Sundergarh: As many as 42,713 girls have been trafficked from Sundergarh district of Odisha in a decade, revealed a survey conducted by a non-government organisation working in the region. As per the data, Kutra, Lepripada, Balisankara and Sabdega blocks are the most vulnerable areas to such trafficking. Most of the girls here were lured outside […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Labour Migration: 18 child labourers including 6 minors rescued in Odisha

Rayagada:  There seems to be no end to labour migration in Odisha, as 18 children including six minors were rescued from Rayagada railway station on Friday night. According to reports, all the children were being allegedly trafficked to Tamil Nadu where they would have been engaged as labour at thread mill. Acting on a tip-off, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Move to check migration: Rs 134Cr package announced for Bolangir, Nuapada

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move that will check migration in Odisha, the state government today announced special package of Rs 134 crore for Bolangir and Nuapada districts. After a review meeting held at the Bolangir DRDA office, Labour Minister Sushant Singh announced the package for 30 gram panchayats of Bolangir and Nuapada districts. The two […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Trafficked 2 years ago, minor girl rescued from New Delhi

Rairangpur: After being tortured for around two years, a tribal minor girl of Mayurbhanj district was rescued by police from New Delhi today. The cops also arrested the main accused Anita Patra (28) in this connection and have begun investigation into the incident. Sources said the 13-year-old girl had left home following an altercation with […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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39 trafficked Nepali girls rescued in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday said that it rescued 39 Nepali women, who had become victims of human trafficking. The Commission said that it received a tip-off and rescued the girls from Hotel Hriday Inn in Delhi’s Paharganj area on Tuesday night. “The raid lasted the entire night and assistance […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Daler Mehndi convicted in human trafficking case

Chandigarh: A court in Patiala on Friday convicted Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi in a 15-year-old human trafficking case. He was sentenced to two years in jail. The police had registered a case against Daler and others after it was alleged that the accused took money from people to the tune of Rs 1 crore on […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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CBI busts human trafficking racket that stranded 23 youth in France

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday said it has busted a human trafficking racket and booked three persons on charges of sending 23 teenaged students to France in 2016 for “a rugby training camp”. The CBI on Friday also conducted searches at four places in Delhi which resulted recovery of incriminating documents and other articles […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
8 held in Morocco for human trafficking, kidnapping

Rabat: The Moroccan police have arrested eight sub-Saharan nationals in the eastern city of Oujda for their links with a criminal network involved in human trafficking, smuggling of migrants and kidnapping. Security services had received two complaints, the first by a Gambian residing in Morocco, who claimed to have received a telephone call from one […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Children not safe anywhere in the country: Kailash Satyarthi

Guwahati: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi today said children are now “not safe anywhere” in the country, while batting for a rigorous law against human trafficking, including child trafficking. “One of the major demands of the ‘Bharat Yatra’ campaign is that Parliament must pass a stringent law against human trafficking, including child trafficking,” Satyarthi said, flagging […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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22 children rescued while being trafficked to outside State

Malkangiri: As many as 22 minors including girls were rescued by the Childline officials while allegedly being trafficked to outside the State in Malkangiri district on Thursday. All the children belonged to Kurumapali village under Mathili block in the district, reports said. Acting on a tip off, officials of the Malkangiri Childline intercepted three vehicles […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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12 Rohingya Muslim youth rescued in Mizoram

Aizawl: The Mizoram Police have rescued 12 young Rohingya Muslim boys and girls, suspected to be victims of human trafficking, after they entered the bordering northeast state from Bangladesh without valid travel documents, officials said on Monday. With this, as many as 43 young girls and boys of Nepali and Myanmarese Rohingya descent have been […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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26 child labourers from Odisha, MP & Jharkhand rescued from Parle-G plant in Chhattisgarh

Raipur/Bhubaneswar: Twenty-six child labourers were rescued from the plant of popular biscuit brand Parle-G here, police said Saturday. A government task force on child labour had received a tip-off that minors were employed at Parle-G factory in Amasivni area, said Vidhansabha Police Station House Officer (SHO) Ashwani Rathore. The task force raided the factory Friday […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Odisha Minor Girl Sold Off In Madhya Pradesh

Sundergarh: A minor girl of Dharuadihi area in Odisha’s Sundergarh district was allegedly sold off by a middleman to an elderly man in Katni area of Madhya Pradesh. The matter came to fore after the mother of the girl lodged an FIR at police station on Sunday. On June 5, on the pretext of giving […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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11 Minors Rescued In Rourkela While Being 'Trafficked' To Mumbai

Rourkela: As many as 11 minor children including nine girls hailing from Katihar area of Bihar were rescued by the Government Railway Police (GRP) from Howrah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express at Rourkela railway station today. Acting on a tip-off, Rourkela GRP personnel and Childline officials conducted a joint raid on the train and rescued the minors who […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Minor girl sold off in Madhya Pradesh; Accused ‘buyer’ dies in police custody

Sundergarh: A day after Sundergarh Police rescued a minor girl, who was allegedly sold off in Madhya Pradesh, and arrested three persons in this connection, one of the key accused died at Dharuadihi Police Station today. The deceased has been identified as Sunil Lodhi. The cops had arrested three persons – middleman Jugal Oram, his […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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