Tag: Human Trafficking

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has rescued as many as 72 emigrant workers from foreign soil during 2018-19 financial year, Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Minister Sushant Singh said on Tuesday. He said this while replying to a question in the Assembly on Tuesday. “Though the workers going abroad are governed by Emigration Act, 1983 and do […]

Rourkela: A minor boy, who was abducted 5 years ago by two youths from Rourkela Railway Station, was reunited with his sister today – barely a week before Rakhsya Bandhan. However, the rescued minor boy was subjected to torture by the two youths who had engaged him at their dog breeding centre, senior officials of […]

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has registered its first human trafficking case under the recently-approved NIA Act against three people for their alleged involvement in the trafficking and sexually exploitation of Bangladeshi women, an official said on Wednesday. Mohammad Yousuf Khan, his wife Bithi Begum and Sojib, native of West Bengal living in Hyderabad, […]

New Delhi: In a major initiative, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said that the Nirbhaya fund will be used to set up anti-human trafficking units and women’s help desks in police stations across the country. The initiative will strengthen women’s safety and instil a greater sense of security among women. Irani […]

Within the sophisticated interiors of ITC Sonar, Diyalu Nial seemed lost. Making efforts to escape the eyes of 20-odd journalists who were present there to talk to him, he was jostling for a space to shut himself. An oversize jacket, loosely fit denim and a pair of slippers couldn’t hide his angst. He left the […]

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has arrested 30 people for their alleged role in human trafficking and rescued 29 women in raids at upscale localities across the city, officials said on Monday. Simultaneous raids were conducted at Prince Anwar Shah Road, Rashbehari Avenue, Bhawanipore and the New Market area late Sunday night, they said. Seven women […]

Bolangir: The tall claims of Odisha government on enforcement of strict laws to curb trafficking of migrant labourers stand belied as the illegal activity continues unabated in Bolangir district. Thursday morning, as many as 32 migrant labourers including nine men, nine women and 14 minors were rescued by police from Tureikela railway station while they […]

Bolangir: Barely three days after Odisha government announced a new livelihood package to curb labour migration, 41 bonded labourers were rescued while they were being allegedly trafficked from Kantabanji area in Bolangir district. According to reports, Kantabanji police rescued the 41 labourers including 10 minors when they were being taken to Berhampur by a middleman […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force of Odisha Police Crime Branch now faces an uphill task to unravel the sex racket allegedly involving Bangladeshi sex workers. After arresting the mastermind couple SK Ibrahim and his wife Anjali, who was popularly called as Didi, the cops have arrested three agents- Raju, Prashant Parida and Uttam Jena and […]

Rourkela: We had left for Banaras in Uttar Pradesh to work in a brick kiln, but were tortured and made to work at gunpoint, said Jitu Oram, one of the labourers who managed to return Odisha. Oram’s statements speak volumes about the mental agony and suffering he underwent along with eight other labouers from Gopabandhupali […]

Puri: Even as the Central as well as the State government have launched several schemes to promote education and ensure development of individuals, rising numbers of child beggars in Puri and other parts of the State have raised questions on the reformative steps undertaken by the government to eradicate the social evil. Though there is […]

Bhadrak: Bhadrak Rural Police on Saturday rescued at least 27 children, including 17 minor girls from a house at Jitanaga village. It is suspected that all the rescued children were to be engaged as workers in a company in Andhra Pradesh. Acting on a tip-off, the police team conducted a raid and rescued the children […]

Lucknow: All districts of Uttar Pradesh will now have anti- human trafficking police stations to check the trafficking of women and children. These police stations will be set up in all districts of the state for effective action in trafficking cases and a government order (GO) to this effect was issued on October 20, a […]

Bolangir: Despite the tall claims of the government on enforcement of strict laws to curb trafficking of migrant labourers to and from Odisha, the illegal activity continues unabated in many parts of the State. Friday night, Bolangir Kantabanji police rescued as many as 56 migrant labourers including 23 women and eight children from Kantabanji station […]

Nuapada: Four middlemen were arrested by Sinapali Police on Thursday while allegedly trafficking 30 persons as bonded labourers to Andhra Pradesh. The incident comes amid the resurgence of mass migration from Odisha to other States especially among the working class with the relaxations of COVID19 pandemic restrictions. As per reports, the Sinapali Police apprehended a […]