Four minor girls rescued from human trafficking racket in J&K’s Baramulla
12-Jul-2024 12:44 PM 1999
Srinagar, July 12 (Reporter) Police have busted a human trafficking gang and rescued four minor girls from the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. Two people, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat and Mehraj-u-Din Tantray, both residents of Baramulla, were arrested, they said. Police said acting on a tip from a reliable source, Baramulla Police Station busted a human trafficking module operating in Ushkura, Baramulla. They said the investigation revealed that Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Ushkura, was involved in the trafficking and exploitation of minor girls from outside the UT. “A case FIR No. 173/2024 under relevant sections of law was registered , and a police team raided the accused's residential house, recovering three minor victim girls who are from Rohingya Burma. The search was conducted in the presence of magistrate and lady police officials,” a police statement said. “During interrogation, Shakeel confessed to selling one girl to Mehraj Ahmad Tantray, a resident of Kanli Bagh. A subsequent raid at Tantray's house led to the recovery of another victim, a minor girl from Burma Rohingya and Tantray's arrest,” police added...////...
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