‘Major’ human trafficking network busted, Dimapur police claims

Dimapur, April 11 (EMN): Dimapur police has claimed to have unearthed a ‘major human trafficking racket’ operating in Nagaland.
A press release from the PRO Dimapur police on Tuesday stated that the racket was ‘unearthed’ by the District Anti- Human Trafficking Unit (DAHTU) under Dimapur Police after two girls from the state, who were rescued and kept in a shelter home at Pune, were repatriated back home.According to the police, the women police station in Dimapur had received information from a Pune-based shelter home about two girls from Nagaland rescued by Pune police from a brothel.
“A team from the women police station, Dimapur was also dispatched to Pune and the victims brought back home on 21.03.2017 after necessary repatriation processes,” it informed. Basing on the information supplied by the rescued girls, the anti-trafficking unit arrested 4 persons.
Dimapur police has identified the arrested persons as: Johur Uddin S/o late Md. Adibali of Goriarmari village, Borpata, Assam and present resident of Tenyiphe-I, Dimapur; Jorina Khatoon @ Zina W/o Johur Uddin of Goriarmari village, Borpata, Assam and present resident of Tenyiphe-I, Dimapur; Saiful Uddin @ John @ Rahul Dev S/o Sushil Dev of Tezpur, Assam and present resident of Phaipijang, Dimapur; Farukh Uddin @ Farukh @ Omar S/o late Siraj Ali of Murigaon, Assam.
“Functioning in an organized network, the traffickers targeted victims by luring them with prospective jobs or abducting them and supplied to the source through chains of traffickers. The DAHTU is investigating into the case to identify and rescue more such victims. Meanwhile, the victims have been re-united with their respective families after completion of required formalities,” it informed.