Budgam, Oct 28: Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted human trafficking gang in Budgam, three accused have been arrested and fourteen women victims have been rescued.
A Police Spokesman in a statement said that, acting upon an information of human trafficking being operational in the district, a police team of police station Budgam raided a particular place in village Dulipora and rescued 14 women victims (including some minors) from the house of one namely Shamim Ahmad Bhat s/o Ab Rehman Bhat R/o Dulipora Parthan and adjacent places.
Accordingly, Shamim Ahmad and other two accused namely Shagufta W/o Bashir Ahmad Wani and Asmat W/o Shafiq Ahmad Wani both residents of Dulipora Parthan were arrested.
Case FIR number 370/2022 under relevant sections of law was registered at police Station Budgam.
During preliminary investigation, it has been found that the arrested 03 accused persons are involved in human trafficking by means of procuring the girls from different places and exploiting them in district Budgam and other parts of the valley.
Further investigation into the case is going on and more arrests are expected, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, the rescued human trafficking victims have been shifted to Nari Niketan Rehabilitation Centre Chadoora and process for their rehabilitation has been initiated.
–Statement
