GUWAHATI, June 19: As many as 115 people, including many minors, hailing from different parts of Assam, have been rescued from the clutches of a suspected human trafficking network in Bihar, and nine persons have been arrested, a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) official said here on Friday.
He said all the victims have been brought back to Assam and are undergoing counselling.
“The racket was targeting financially poor families in the state, especially along the Bhutan border in Assam. The victims were lured with the promise of government jobs,” the SSB official, who was part of the rescue operation, said.
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Many of the rescued victims, of whom 48 are females, are minors, he said.
The official said some parents of the victims had approached the SSB, Tezpur, after they could not contact their children, taken by the traffickers.
Coordinated operations conducted by multiple agencies, including the SSB and Bihar police, with the help of local intelligence network, led to the rescue from Samastipur district in the eastern state, the official said.
He added that nine suspected traffickers have been arrested so far.
“The victims have reached Assam and are currently undergoing counselling before heading back home,” the SSB official said. (PTI)
