Launching a major crackdown on illegal labour trafficking, police arrested as many as 50 agents and middlemen from three districts on Thursday night.
The accused persons involved in the illegal trade were arrested during simultaneous drives in Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi districts on Thursday tweeted DGP Bijay Kumar Sharma on Friday.
He said an investigation is underway to trace their links in the trafficking network.
Last week, as many as 41 middlemen were arrested in Balangir and Nuapada districts and forwarded to court for allegedly trafficking labourers to other States.
The SPs of the two districts had formed special squads to identify and track the middlemen and agents based on prima facie evidence.
