Major child trafficking racket busted in Arunachal Pradesh, 21 held including govt employees
The police have arrested police personnel from Arunachal Pradesh police for their involvement in the prostitution ring
New Delhi, May 16
The Arunachal Pradesh police busted a major child trafficking and prostitunion racket and held 21 persons including government employees.
A Deputy Superintendent of Police and a Deputy Director in the Directorate of Health Services are also among the arrested persons.
The accused have been identified as Buland Marik, a Deputy SP with the Arunachal police, Dr Senlar Ronya, a Deputy Director with the Directorate of Health Service,; Toi Bagra, a constable with the Arunachal police, Takam Langdip, an Assistant Engineer with the Public Works Department and Michi Tabin, a Junior Engineer with the Rural Works Department.
The police also arrested another three people who own and manage a hotel in Chimpu, including a husband and wife duo – Dulal Basumatary and Dipali Basumatary — originally from Udalguri in Assam.
Five minor girls one aged 10, one aged 12, and three aged 15 have been rescued by police from three different locations in and around state capital Itanagar in last 10 days. All five girls had been trafficked to Itangar from villages in Assam.
Of the 21 who have been arrested so far, 10 are accused of trafficking the victims, soliciting customers, and taking the victims to the customers. The other 11 are people who have been identified as “customers” who allegedly sexually assaulted the victims.
As per the case details, the police received information regarding a child trafficking-cum-prostitution ring on May 4. In the first set of raids in two locations four girls were rescued.
The accused had created WhatsApp groups where they would share photos of the victims along with “rates”. There were a large number of people in these groups, but after the first set of arrests were made on May 4, people started leaving them and they were disbanded.
The arrested accused are facing charges under section 373 of the IPC which pertains to the buying of minors for prostitution, under the POCSO Act and the Immoral Trafficking Act.
