As many as 18 trafficked persons, including five females of the district, who were working as bonded labourers in different parts of Srinagar, were rescued by a joint team of police and labour Department officials. The rescued labourers will return to Rourkela in next two days.
According to sources, one Ganga lohar had trafficked a total of 19 persons of Sundargarh district to Jammu & Kashmir on October 10 and another three in January. Ram lohar had managed to flee from his work place after facing torture and later another three persons had reached their home with a lot of difficulties.
Sources said agent lohar had lured these innocent persons and had allegedly sold them off at `50,000 each there. After coming to know about the trafficking, social activist Chandmani Sandil along with the kin of trafficked persons had lodged complaint before Rourkela SP to rescue the trafficked persons and again after 10 days of lodging a complaint with police, the parents of five more trafficked persons along with activist Sandil had met the District labour Officer (DlO), Rourkela and the Superintendent of Police (SP), Rourkela on May 15.
later, a joint team of police and labour Department had been formed to rescue the trafficked persons which had gone to Srinagar on August 9.