Jharkhand: 7 minor children rescued; human trafficker arrested in Pakur
Seven minor children belonging to the primitive Pahariya tribe have been rescued and a human trafficker was arrested in Jharkhand's Pakur district. Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at Amrapara bus stand and rescued the children and arrested the human trafficker while they were about to board a bus to Uttar Pradesh yesterday, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Ashok Kumar Singh, said.
Accused was taking children on pretext of providing them jobs
The rescued children were all aged around 12 to 14 years. Six of the minor children were residents of Amrapara block of Pakur district, while one belonged to Gopikandar block of Dumka district in Jharkhand, the SDPO said. The human trafficker was taking them to Uttar Pradesh on the pretext of providing them jobs, the police added.
