Imphal, Jun 24 : Sixty children have remained untraceable since 2008 while 246 have been rescued between 2008 and March 2011from different places across the country, stated a police report on the inaugural day of the three-day district level training program on human trafficking for police personnel.
Sixty children have remained untraceable since 2008, some of whom have been recruited by the underground armed groups as child soldier, stated the report.
72 children in 2008-09, 76 in 2009-10 and 98 children in 2010-11 were rescued from different corners of the country, the report also stated. These children were trafficked out in the pretext of free education and jobs. All the 246 children were rescued by social welfare department, child welfare committee and NGOs.
Giving the inaugural address, DIG (arms police-I) S. Manglemjao classified illegal trade into three broad heads as drug, arms and human trafficking.
S. Manglemjao said that one of the three trades or a combination of two trades out of the three trades is a concern for almost every state of the country or every countries of the world, but Manipur has been grappling with all the three illegal trades for decades.
Since the early 1970s, Manipur has been facing the menace of drug abuse because of its proximity with international border and golden triangle, he said, and added for good measure that the youth of Manipur consume about three truckloads of spasmo-proxyvon (SP) capsule in a single day.
While the state is still grappling endlessly with the menace of drug abuse, arm smuggling and human trafficking have added a new dimension to the already existing problems of Manipur, he said.
DIG (administration) Clay Khongsai concurred that there are cases of law enforcement agencies aiding and abetting in human trafficking and said that such practices need to be rooted out.
He gave the reasons for the thriving of human trafficking business as poverty, illiteracy and ignorance of parents and guardians. Besides K Saroja Devi, who participated in the event as a resource person, police personnel of Imphal West district from the rank of ASI to DSP also participated in the training program.
Newmai News Network
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