Child trafficking racket busted, newborn rescued – Ahmedabad Mirror
09-01-2023 06:00
Nagpur police rescues baby from Navjivan Express; child sold to kidnappers outside Kalupur railway station to be further sold to a Vijayawada couple
The City Crime Branch is investigating a major case of human trafficking in which young children mostly belonging to street dwellers were kidnapped and sold to couples. The multi-state trafficking ring spread across Maharashtra and Rajasthan came to light after the Nagpur Railway Police arrested two people and rescued a 3-month-old baby from the Navjivan Express. The child was to be sold to a couple in Vijayawada.
The two – Chandrakant Patel from Malad and Draupadi Meshram from Nagpur – got the 3-month-old baby boy from a person outside the Ahmedabad Railway station.
The case was transferred to the Crime Branch which is questioning Patel and Meshram. They have detained two others who have allegedly confessed to being involved in human trafficking.
A crime branch official said they are probing the case but it seems the two who were arrested worked as carriers kidnapping children from the city and other states.
They then sold the children to childless couples through gangs in their respective cities.
The case of Vishwa Patel, 12, from Vejalpur who went missing on January 12, 2012, remains unsolved.
The present case has resulted in Crime Branch probing afresh the case in which a 4-month-old baby girl was kidnapped from a footpath near Natkamal Flat in Maninagar in April 2016.
“Several other toddlers were kidnapped from Gomtipur and Kalupur Railway station. We suspect all these cases are linked and are in touch with Maharashtra and Rajasthan police to nab the kingpins,” said
a cop.
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EYES ON TRAFFICKING
This “Eyes on Trafficking” story is reprinted from its original online location.
ABOUT PBJ LEARNING
PBJ Learning is a leading provider of online human trafficking training, focusing on awareness and prevention education. Their interactive Human Trafficking Essentials online course is used worldwide to educate professionals and individuals how to recognize human trafficking and how to respond to potential victims. Learn on any web browser (even your mobile phone) at any time.
More stories like this can be found in your PBJ Learning Knowledge Vault.