A meeting was held at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup (M) here on Friday to review the work for welfare of child labourers carried out by several
As many as 46 child labourers were rescued during a two-day campaign conducted in the district by a cross-department team, officials said Saturday. They said several establishments were raided in multiple tehsils Kurebhar, Jaisinghpur, Kadipur, Lambhua, Baldi Rai, Sadar tehsil and Katka Bazar on Thursday and Friday as part of an ongoing campaign against the menace.
Growing menace of child trafficking
Trafficking in persons – more particularly in women and children – has been increasing at an unbelievable pace in Assam
| 2021-07-25T10:00:51+05:30
Trafficking in persons – more particularly in women and children – has been increasing at an unbelievable pace in Assam. The rescue of 40 children of the state on Friday is definite proof of this. It was June 13 that the Assam Police got a major tip-off that several children from villages on the Bhutan border in Chirang district had been trafficked to Sikkim. Based on this input, a police team led by a senior officer of the rank of a Special DGP left for Sikkim and rescued 40 children and two adults with the help of the Sikkim Police. The police have arrested the kingpin of the trafficking racket, one Krishna Yogi, along with an accomplice. The duo had reportedly taken around 80 children from the border villages of Chirang, of whom 42 have been rescued so far. It is suspected that the r