Seven Teenage Girls Prevented from Potential Trafficking in India

Jhapa: Seven Nepali teenage girls, who were lured to India with false promises of employment, have been rescued by Indian police at the Panitanki border checkpoint.

According to Govinda Ghimire, Coordinator of Koshi Province for Maiti Nepal, two Nepali men involved in the alleged trafficking of the girls were arrested by the Indian police.

Coordinator Ghimire shared that the rescue operation took place last Friday, and the girls and accused ones are presently put in Kharibari police station in Siliguri, India.

The rescued teenagers, all from Sankhuwasabha district, were reportedly lured with false promises of jobs in Hong Kong.

The accused traffickers have been identified as Dipesh Gurung 41, of Toribari in Darjeeling in India, and Japan Gurung, 61, of Makalu rural municipality-3 in Sankhuwasabha district.

It has been learnt that the accused ones brought the girls across the border at Panitanki via Kakarvitta, a border point in the eastern part of Nepal. Indian police intercepted them while they were en route to Siliguri produced fake travel documents.

A team comprising Coordinator Ghimire arrived Panitanki on the same day of the rescue operation. However, Indian police have kept both the alleged survivors and traffickers in custody to proceed with necessary legal procedures. 

Area Police Office, Kakarvitta stated that they had not received any official information from the Indian police regarding this case.

(RSS)