Maligaon, May 21: The Quick Response Team (QRT)) of Railway Protection Force (RPF), Guwahati managed to arrest two human traffickers from Guwahati railway station during a special drive conducted jointly with Railway Child Line of Guwahati recently on 17th May at about 11 am.
The Quick Response Team of RPF led by Assistant Sub Inspector Shri S.K. Sah arrested the traffickers namely Miss Anima Ekka, aged 29 years, of Sivsagar District Assam and Mr Thaider Ekka, aged 25 years along with three minor girls .
The rescued minor girls were planned to be trafficked to Delhi for which the traffickers were paid Rs. 5,000/- per head from the receivers. Later both the arrested human traffickers were handed over to OC of GRP in Guwahati who registered case no 81/19 under section 370/371/372/34 IPC dated 17.05.2019.
It may be mentioned here that during the year 2018 Railway Protection Force successfully arrested 20 human traffickers during drives conducted throughout N.F. Railway. In the current year (2019) 6 human traffickers could be arrested and handed over for prosecution till date.
