Security forces successfully rescued a minor girl from illegal young traffickers near Tangla on October 18.Jawans of 37 BN SSB stationed at Nonaikhuti near India-Bhutan international border villages in Udalguri district in association with Assam police personnel of Tangla rescued the minor girl in the nick of time before boarding New Delhi bound trains from Tangla railway station in the evening of October 18.Three young local agents of the trafficking gang namely-Rajesh Kunjur,Vinod Chouhan and Manik Kachari,who had been escorting the girl to New Delhi were apprehended.All the apprehended local youths are in their late twenties.A case (No.140/17/ US 370 (4)IPC ) has been registered and all the accused have been remanded to judicial custody.It needs mention that illegal trafficking of girls and woman has been posing a big challenge in the district since long back.Taking advantage of the backwardness,illiteracy,poverty and unemployment among village people,notorious trafficker gangs operating from New Delhi,Haryana,Kolkata etc have lured a number of local agents in the district in the illicit trade under the very nose of police and administration.The role of political parties including the ruling BPF has been decried by people of the district.The trafficking of girls, woman and children goes unabated because of lack of awareness among villagers and failure of the government to create job prospect or alternative livelihood among people.
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