Lucknow. On the information of National Commission for Protection of Child, the GRP and Lucknow Police arrested a big gang involved in human trafficking in the name of getting the girls of poor families married. 17 people including six human smugglers were arrested after raiding the Sadhbhawna Express. While three girls were freed from their clutches. There is also an 18-year-old girl and two minor girls in this.
The commission was informed about the smuggling of three girls in train number 14015 Sadbhavna Express, Virendra Kumar, director of Mukti Mission Foundation and Manoj Kumar Sharma, nodal inspector of AHTU SSB Betiha Bihar. The train arrived at platform number 7 of Charbagh station at around 6:45 pm on Monday. Joint team with GRP Inspector Anjani Kumar Mishra and Naka Inspector Manoj Mishra checked the sleeper class in bogies S-2, S-4, S-6, S-7. During the investigation, two girls from Motihari Bihar and one girl from Hardoi district were questioned. During interrogation, it was found that after getting these girls married, they were taking them to Hardoi district. On the basis of interrogation, Jaan Mohammad, Hashim, Latif, Shakeel, Shahid, residents of Thana Tadiawan, Hardoi, and Armaan, residents of Bangarmau, were arrested from the spot. 17 more people were also arrested along with them. Among them there were two young men who had gone to Bihar for marriage. There they could not get married due to the refusal of the girls. Investigation revealed that the marriage of a girl child was fixed within three days.
While the other told that her marriage was fixed a month ago. Got married on 11th February last. State Child Rights Commission member Dr. Suchita Chaturvedi also questioned the girls. In which it was found that Jan Mohammad and Mohd. Hashim gets the girls married. By getting married from Bihar, they bring girls and then sell them. This time Shakeel, Armaan were also included. By getting the two girls married, they were taking away the families of both with the lure of money and bluffs. The girls were given temporary shelter in the One Stop Center on the orders of the Child Welfare Committee. Childline conducted counseling on Tuesday.
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