-SATISH HANDA

Ghaziabad police in U.P busted a gang operating from Haryana involved in human trafficking of minor girls kidnapped from different places and arrested six members of gang including three women and started search for another five members yet absconding and conducted raids at several places. Among six members of the racket arrested by the police were identified as prime accuse Jasbir a resident of village Baroda in Haryana state to whom a kidnapped minor girl of age 12-13 was sold at Rs 70000, Sunil and Dharam Raj both residents of Rohtak district, Karan resident of Gohana in Sonepat district, Nazreen resident of Hapur district in U.P, Pooja resident of Ganaur (District Sambhal) and Kiran resident of Sonepat district. Whereas another five members of the gang absconding so far were identified as Naushad resident of Hapur, Nawab resident of Vijay Nagar in Ghaziabad, Ram Krishan resident of Sambhal, Bhupesh and Kabool both residents of Rohtak district.

Information reveals, female members in the human trafficking gang used to kidnap after luring minor girl children while playing near their residential places in thickly populated residential areas as well as residing in slum areas and send them to Rohtak in Haryana state for selling to buyers for child abuse or willing to marry them getting attractive price. Gang members usually try to kidnap minors belonging to poor families unable to make search for their missing child.  Ghaziabad police registered a case on the complaint of mother of minor girl of age between 12-13 missing when she was playing near the house and started search for her on December 26, 2021.

Police investigation revealed that the missing girl child was kidnapped by a female Pooja living along with her family in a rented house and was taken to Rohtak for sale by the gang members Nazreen alias Gudia, Kiran, Naushad, Nawab and Roop Krishan lifting children for human trafficking and sold to Bhupinder a resident of Rohtak in Haryana at Rs 70000 who was arrested by the police. Preliminary investigation revealed racket involved in human trafficking usually kidnapping minors both male and females was active in Delhi NCR area and during preliminary investigation also admitted kidnapping of minor female child from Gurugram few days earlier. Investigation further revealed that Naushad and Roop Krishan used to deliver minors kidnapped by their wives Nazreen alias Gudia and Pooja respectively and extracting handsome money.