Andhra Pradesh: Child Rights Commission Demands Investigation into Suspected Trafficking Case
3 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: Child Rights Commission Demands Investigation into Suspected Trafficking Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed the Railway Police to carry out a thorough investigation into a recent incident involving nine girls detained at Visakhapatnam Railway Station under suspicious circumstances. Commission member Gondu Sitaram issued the directive on Sunday, calling for a comprehensive report on the case. The Commission has specifically requested clarification on the timing of the case registration, following concerns raised on social media regarding potential delays in police response. The Commission emphasised that the findings of the report will play a crucial role in strengthening preventive measures and improving response protocols for similar cases across the state.

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Three-Year-Old Trafficked from West Bengal Rescued in Rajasthan
1 week, 6 days ago

Three-Year-Old Trafficked from West Bengal Rescued in Rajasthan

Deccan Chronicle  

In a dramatic rescue operation, a three-year-old girl kidnapped from a railway station in West Bengal was traced and rescued in Rajasthan. The Railway Police, in coordination with Rajasthan Police and other law enforcement agencies, successfully tracked down the child and arrested the key trafficker, Soraj Kanjar. According to officials, the girl was abducted from a railway station in West …

Child trafficking ring busted in Andhra, 3 children rescued, mastermind arrested
4 weeks ago

Child trafficking ring busted in Andhra, 3 children rescued, mastermind arrested

India Today  

The NTR district police in Andhra Pradesh have busted a child trafficking racket and arrested five women, including the mastermind. Police also rescued three children, who were being sold to childless couples for lakhs of rupees. Police Commissioner SV Rajashekhar Babu said Bagalam Sarojini, a 31-year-old woman from Vijayawada, was the mastermind behind the trafficking ring. She would target childless …

Telangana: CID To Probe Medipally Child Trafficking Case
4 months ago

Telangana: CID To Probe Medipally Child Trafficking Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Crime Investigation Department has taken over investigation of the entire child trafficking racket after a case was busted by the Rachakonda police. It must be recalled that kingpin of the Medipally child trafficking case is yet to be arrested, a senior police officer told Deccan Chronicle. Medipally police had busted the child trafficking case in coordination of Akshara …

Mom among five held for selling infant in Telangana
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mom among five held for selling infant in Telangana

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: Khanapur police have arrested five persons over their alleged involvement in the trafficking of an infant boy for Rs 52,000 in Nirmal district. According to police, the prime accused, Attram Anitha, a 25-year-old woman who recently gave birth to the boy at a hospital in Nizamabad, returned to her native place, Khanapur, before visiting her aunt, Tekkam Padma, in …

‘NCPCR team will probe matter,’ says chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Badlapur case
7 months, 1 week ago

‘NCPCR team will probe matter,’ says chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Badlapur case

Hindustan Times  

A team from NCPCR will conduct an inquiry into the alleged sexual abuse of two four-year old girls by a male staffer of their school at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, Priyank Kanoongo, chairperson, NCPCR, said on Tuesday. Thane: Police personnel try to disperse people blocking railway tracks in protest against the alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a …

Come up with policy to protect girls from trafficking: Andhra Pradesh HC directs State govt
1 year ago

Come up with policy to protect girls from trafficking: Andhra Pradesh HC directs State govt

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the State government to come up with a policy to protect women and girls from human trafficking and also for the rehabilitation of those freed from the clutches of human traffickers. Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman complaining that her friend is trying to push her daughter into prostitution and …

Telangana: Case booked against person for watching, circulating child porn in Hyderabad
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana: Case booked against person for watching, circulating child porn in Hyderabad

India TV News  

Hyderabad news: A case was registered against a person in Hyderabad for allegedly watching and circulating child pornography, police informed today. The Cyber Crimes Wing of Rachakonda Police Commissionerate registered the case based on the details received by it from the Crime Investigation Department in this regard, they said. "The case was booked against a person for watching and circulating …

HC expresses concern over human trafficking
1 year, 9 months ago

HC expresses concern over human trafficking

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over human trafficking menace in Telangana and the country, while dealing with a batch of PILs about the welfare of the destitute and functioning of child welfare centres in the state. The court had also assigned work to Telangana State Legal Services Authority and District Legal Services Authority to file reports …

Anti-Human Trafficking Unit Rescue 26 Children At Secunderabad Railway Station
1 year, 10 months ago

Anti-Human Trafficking Unit Rescue 26 Children At Secunderabad Railway Station

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The anti-human trafficking unit of the women safety wing rescued 26 children and arrested their eight traffickers at the Secunderabad railway station on Wednesday. Teams from the Government Railway Police and Railway Police Forcem Secunderabad, along with the NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan participated in the operation, after receiving information that children aged between 13 and 18, were being brought …

Explanation sought over pending cases of crimes against women & children
2 years, 1 month ago

Explanation sought over pending cases of crimes against women & children

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ Police commissioner Ramit Sharma has sought clarification from ACPs and SHOs over pending cases of crimes against women and children. During a review of cases involving crimes against women and children, negligence of five ACPs and 20 SHOs and inspectors came to light. Police have been asked to carry out investigations into crimes against women on priority basis and …

Secunderabad RPF rescues Bihari girl from human trafficking racket
2 years, 4 months ago

Secunderabad RPF rescues Bihari girl from human trafficking racket

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A minor Bihari girl who was forced into prostitution by Bihar based human traffickers was rescued by Secunderabad Railway Protection Force and handed over to her parents on Wednesday. Secunderabad RPF and BBA representatives contacted officials in Bihar and traced the victim’s mother and learnt that a complaint was already lodged with the police against four human traffickers who …

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The number of human trafficking cases in Andhra Pradesh has come down to 168 in 2021 against 171 in 2020. The state registered 397 incidents of abetment to suicide of women booked under sections 305/306 of IPC and 108 cases of dowry deaths and two incidents of murder with rape or gang rape. The IPC crimes registered against women …

Child trafficking in trains down
2 years, 7 months ago

Child trafficking in trains down

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Incidents of child trafficking in trains have dropped this year, with 46 children rescued in the past seven months compared to 572 in all of 2021, according to the Railway Protection Force of the South Central Railway. Secunderabad RPF inspector Udugu Narsimha cited the deployment of anti-human trafficking teams of the RPF, with one sub-inspector and two constables, at …

Child trafficking case detected in H.D. Kote
3 years, 9 months ago

Child trafficking case detected in H.D. Kote

The Hindu  

A case of child trafficking has been reported from H.D. E. Dhananjaya of the Child Welfare Committee in Mysuru said the incident came to light when the parents of the child approached the police in H.D. The issue came to the notice of CWC in Mysuru who informed the police that it was a clear case of child trafficking and …

Odisha police to expand probe into immoral trafficking of Bangladeshi girls
5 years, 1 month ago

Odisha police to expand probe into immoral trafficking of Bangladeshi girls

The Hindu  

The Odisha police are set to expand investigation into alleged immoral trafficking of girls from Bangladesh into the State. According to Jai Narayan Pankaj, STF Deputy Inspector General of Police, it was found that seven out of eight girls were illegally trafficked from Bangladesh and forced into sex work. During investigation, what we could gather was that while one of …

Raids reveal rampant child trafficking in A.P.
5 years, 4 months ago

Raids reveal rampant child trafficking in A.P.

The Hindu  

‘Operation Muskaan’ in which officials have recently rescued 2,774 boys and girls has revealed the magnitude of the child trafficking menace in Andhra Pradesh. Police, in association with Women Development and Child Welfare, Labour, Revenue, Child Welfare Committees and other departments conducted raids and rescued 2,774 children, including 400 girls, in the State. Surprisingly, more than half a dozen government …

Awareness programmes on child labour, child trafficking
5 years, 8 months ago

Awareness programmes on child labour, child trafficking

The Hindu  

In order to create awareness about child trafficking and child labour as per the directions of Railway Board and the Railway Protection Force, the RPF, Child Helpline and Mahila Santvana Kendra held awareness programmes for students at Indiranagar High School here and at Herur Primary School in Brahmavar, on Saturday. A press release issued here stated said that Santosh Gaonkar, …

Child-trafficking in Telangana's temple town of Yadagarigutta unveils rampant commodification of children
6 years, 7 months ago

Child-trafficking in Telangana's temple town of Yadagarigutta unveils rampant commodification of children

Firstpost  

“I was lured with chocolate at a railway station,” says the girl, “This happened four years ago.” But beyond this detail, the child who must be around eight years old, had no recollection of the railway station in question, what was she doing there and all that happened soon after. The youngest I have rescued was three years old,” says …

Child Trafficking Rumours Lead to Lynching of 5 People in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
6 years, 10 months ago

Child Trafficking Rumours Lead to Lynching of 5 People in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

News 18  

Hyderabad: Panic and fear continues to grip districts across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. At least five people have been lynched and several have been beaten up in different districts in two Telugu states, following fake messages on social media. Two people were killed in separate incidents in Nizamabad and Yadadri districts of Telangana, after locals thrashed them, suspecting them to …

Karnataka: Child trafficking- It's tough time for police to trace biological parents
7 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka: Child trafficking- It's tough time for police to trace biological parents

Deccan Chronicle  

Mysuru: Though the Mysuru district police had busted a child trafficking gang five months ago and rescued 16 children out of 19 sold to childless couples, they are finding it difficult to trace the biological parents. District Child Protection officer R. Nagaraj said the police have so far been able to trace biological parents of only four children so far. …

Police widen probe into BJP links to child trafficking
8 years ago

Police widen probe into BJP links to child trafficking

Daily Mail  

Two more senior members of the ruling BJP are being investigated by police as a probe into politicians' involvement in the trafficking and selling of children in West Bengal widened on Tuesday. BJP women's wing leader Juhi Chowdhury was arrested on Tuesday night Investigating officers said Chowdhury had met senior ministers, politicians and government officials to get licenses and grants …

Child Trafficking in Kerala: SC refuses to stay CBI investigation; seeks response from Centre and Kerala Government
9 years, 7 months ago

Child Trafficking in Kerala: SC refuses to stay CBI investigation; seeks response from Centre and Kerala Government

Live Law  

A Social justice bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice U.U. Lokur today reportedly refused to stay the Kerala High Court's decision to order a CBI probe into the trafficking of children from Bihar and Jharkhand to the coastal state.Observing that, “Trafficking of children is a huge, huge problem in Kerala. Lokur today reportedly refused to stay the Kerala High …

Child Trafficking in Kerala: SC refuses to stay CBI investigation; seeks response from Centre and Kerala Government
9 years, 7 months ago

Child Trafficking in Kerala: SC refuses to stay CBI investigation; seeks response from Centre and Kerala Government

Live Law  

A Social justice bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice U.U. Lokur today reportedly refused to stay the Kerala High Court's decision to order a CBI probe into the trafficking of children from Bihar and Jharkhand to the coastal state.Observing that, “Trafficking of children is a huge, huge problem in Kerala. Lokur today reportedly refused to stay the Kerala High …

Trafficking of children: Railway police yet to make breakthrough
10 years, 10 months ago

Trafficking of children: Railway police yet to make breakthrough

The Hindu  

The Government Railway Police have not made much headway in the investigation into the suspected case of trafficking in of 589 children to the State. Talking to The Hindu, railway police inspector M. Manu said the investigators had reasons to suspect that many of the children were from migrant families from Bangladesh. The railway police ruled out claims of the …

Trafficking of children: 8 arrested in Kerala
10 years, 10 months ago

Trafficking of children: 8 arrested in Kerala

The Hindu  

The Government Railway Police here on Monday arrested eight persons under Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code on the charge of trafficking in 589 children below the age of 12 to the State. The railway police and the district administration on Saturday detained 466 children from Bihar and Jharkhand who reached the Palakkad Junction Railway Station by the Patna- …

Suspected child trafficking:over 450 children detained
10 years, 10 months ago

Suspected child trafficking:over 450 children detained

The Hindu  

In a suspected case of child trafficking, 456 children below the age of 12 and 50 adults who accompanied them without valid documents were detained by the Railway Police at the Palakkad Junction station on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off about child trafficking, the Railway Police intercepted them with the help of the Palakkad district police and officials of the …

Andhra Pradesh tops in human trafficking cases
11 years, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh tops in human trafficking cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state is still the hub of sex trafficking. DGP B. Prasada Rao said that in 2013, the police arrested 778 traffickers and rescued 558 victims including minors. The DGP said the police had booked 386 cases of trafficking of women and apart from traffickers, had also arrested 363 customers. CID officials said apart from local gangs there were …

'Human-trafficking gang busted on Oct 19 had presence in entire Punjab'
11 years, 5 months ago

'Human-trafficking gang busted on Oct 19 had presence in entire Punjab'

Hindustan Times  

A human-trafficking gang that was busted by Ludhiana police on October 19 had its presence in all parts of Punjab, claim police officials. HT Image The Crime Investigation Agency staff of Ludhiana police had busted the gang on October 19 with the arrest of two men and as many women for allegedly kidnapping and selling a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was …

Trailing vanishing children
12 years, 5 months ago

Trailing vanishing children

The Hindu  

Having struggled with high incidences of rapes, molestations, infant mortality, maternal mortality and malnutrition among others, Madhya Pradesh is now battling with the menace of human trafficking. They just registered a complaint, avoided FIRs and advised the parents to look around in order to find their children,” admits Aruna Mohan Rao, Additional Director General, Crime against Women branch, Madhya Pradesh …

39 children rescued from traffickers
12 years, 8 months ago

39 children rescued from traffickers

The Hindu  

Thirty-nine children were rescued and 20 alleged traffickers were arrested in a raid carried out by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of Delhi Police Crime Branch in coordination with a non-government organisation at Anand Vihar Railway Station in Delhi on Thursday. According to a volunteer of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the children, aged between eight and 14, are from different parts …

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