--2 traffickers
arrested, 3 detained
BRAHMAPUR: The
Childline with the help of the police rescued 15 minor girls from Brahmapur
railway station on Wednesday evening when they were taken to Andhra Pradesh to
engage in a company.
After getting
information from a passenger travelling in the Puri-Tirupati Superfast Express,
Brahmapur Childline members led by its coordinator Prabhu Prasad Patra informed
the police and raided General compartment of the train to trace out the girls.
The team spotted six girls in the group of Balaram Barik and Bhanu Maharana of
Dhenkanal, four girls in the group of Kuni Behera of Cuttack.
The joint team also
rescued the third group having five girls led by Sushma Pradhan and Madhusmita
Kanhar of Kandhamal district. The police busted the third group when they were waiting
to the train in the Brahmapur railway station. During raid, the joint team
found that all the groups were going to the same company.
The girls were produced
before the District Child Welfare Committee and then sent to Childline office. The
police arrested two traffickers Balaram and Bhanu and detained three others for
interrogation.
Childline director
Sudhir Sabat said the human trafficking is increasing day by day though there
is a committee against human trafficking in every district in the State.
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