He said that on-duty Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel saw some children and two adults roaming at the corner of a platform of Pakur railway station at around 1:35 pm.
"While talking to the children, they admitted that they were being taken to Kalyan in Mumbai for work. With the help of the children, we caught the smuggler," said Kaushik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway.
The accused has been identified as Shamad S.K. Has happened as.
Mitra said, the RPF team swung into action and arrested Shamd S.K. Interrogated the police, who could not give satisfactory answers about the children and two adults.
The accused was immediately detained and taken to the RPF post in Pakur along with the children and two adults, he said.
After this the RPF personnel contacted the parents of the children.
However, some of them did not respond, while others appeared unwilling to provide any information.
Ultimately, after completing all the legal formalities, the parents of the children were handed over to Jan Lok Kalyan Parishad, Baliharpur, Pakur.
The children will receive care at this center until they are sent back home.
Embarrassed SK. It has been handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) post at Pakur under Government Railway Police, Barharwa for legal proceedings.
A case has been registered against the accused under the Railway Act.
Although Pakur is in Jharkhand, it is close to the India-Bangladesh border which passes through Murshidabad in West Bengal.
A senior police officer said the area is a hub of human trafficking from across the open border with Bangladesh and from districts like Murshidabad and Malda in West Bengal.
Generally, children are trafficked in places like Mumbai and are forced to beg outside religious places, he said.
At the end of the day, their earnings are taken away, and they are taken to shelters for the night.
"While talking to the children, they admitted that they were being taken to Kalyan in Mumbai for work. With the help of the children, we caught the smuggler," said Kaushik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer of Eastern Railway.
The accused has been identified as Shamad S.K. Has happened as.
Mitra said, the RPF team swung into action and arrested Shamd S.K. Interrogated the police, who could not give satisfactory answers about the children and two adults.
The accused was immediately detained and taken to the RPF post in Pakur along with the children and two adults, he said.
After this the RPF personnel contacted the parents of the children.
However, some of them did not respond, while others appeared unwilling to provide any information.
Ultimately, after completing all the legal formalities, the parents of the children were handed over to Jan Lok Kalyan Parishad, Baliharpur, Pakur.
The children will receive care at this center until they are sent back home.
Embarrassed SK. It has been handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) post at Pakur under Government Railway Police, Barharwa for legal proceedings.
A case has been registered against the accused under the Railway Act.
Although Pakur is in Jharkhand, it is close to the India-Bangladesh border which passes through Murshidabad in West Bengal.
A senior police officer said the area is a hub of human trafficking from across the open border with Bangladesh and from districts like Murshidabad and Malda in West Bengal.
Generally, children are trafficked in places like Mumbai and are forced to beg outside religious places, he said.
At the end of the day, their earnings are taken away, and they are taken to shelters for the night.
