Statesman News Service
MALDA, May 21: The Malda police have rescued five minor boys from Ghaziabad allegedly trafficked by a group of labour contractors from areas under the Ratua police station a few days ago, the Malda superintendent of police, Mr DK Mondal, said today. The police have also rescued four tribal girls from New Delhi who had been picked up from Old Malda tribal village and allegedly trafficked to the capital.According to the SP, the boys were engaged in heavy construction job in Ghaziabad and the girls were working as house help in New Delhi. The rescued boys were produced in Malda court today before they were handed over to their parents. The SP said: “The boys alleged that they had not received their monthly contract wages and police picked had picked them while they were working.”According to the SP, the problem is growing into a social menace in Malda as poor guardians cannot provide education and food to their children. As a result, racketeers take opportunity of their poverty and dupe the parents. Sometimes the labour supply contractors pick up minor boys without the permission of the guardians. Commenting on the recovered girls, the SP said that the police had recently received a complaint that five tribal girls had been picked up from the district and engaged in New Delhi as domestic help. “One tribal girl is still missing,” he added. Police from English Bazaar police station went to Delhi with one Joseph Mardi, a local teacher who was arrested a few days ago, to rescue the tribal girls. According to the Malda SP, the police have rescued two adult girls from Gurgaon and arrested a priest, a resident of Malda in connection with the offence.
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