Dehradun police arrested three persons allegedly involved in trafficking of a 21 year woman and recovered Rs 34,000 from them.
The woman was recovered by police from Saharanpur. The accused have been identified as Ram Singh and his wife Meenu from Bazpur (Udham Singh Nagar) resident and Haridwar resident Neeraj, said Dalanwala police station in-charge Chandra Singh Bisht.
In her complaint, Race Course resident Sarita (name changed) said that her sister had come to her home at Race Course from Uttarkashi a month and a half ago. Recently, her maternal uncle Ram Singh and his wife Meenu reached her home. Singh told that he would go to a relative's home in Nainital district and he would leave her sister there. Her sister left Dehradun with him on July 12.
Till, July 15, she was not aware of whereabouts of her uncle or sister. Following this, an FIR was lodged in the Dalanwala police station. SSP Kewal Khurana had formed a police team headed by Dalanwala police station in-charge CS Bisht and anti-human trafficking cell officers who arrested the trio.
During interrogation, the accused confessed and revealed that after leaving Dehradun, Ram Singh had gone to Haryana for selling the woman to a pimp. He contacted the pimp there and demanded Rs 80, 000 her which the pimp was not ready to pay. Somehow he managed to sell the woman for Rs 60, 000 to Saharanpur resident Seetu. Police has been sent to arrest Seetu.