With incidents of missing minors on the rise in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Noida Police has been suspecting an active child trafficking ring in the region. In a fresh incident, two minors, aged between 10 and 12, have been reported missing from Bisrakh area of Greater Noida on Saturday evening.
In last 10 days, four such incidents have been reported from the region. Police suspect the involvement of child traffickers since no ransom calls have been received by the families as yet. None of the victims has been rescued as yet.
Police said Ashok (12) and Shubhash (10), both living in Dankaur area, have gone missing while returning home from school. Their parents searched but could not trace them. They approached Dankaur police station and lodged a missing person’s diary. The families said their children might have been trafficked as they have not received any ransom call from the alleged abductors. “Since cases of human trafficking are on the rise, we fear our children might have been trafficked,” said a family member of Shubhash.
He blamed police apathy while registering the FIR. However, senior police officials have pledged to rescue the minors. “We have taken the matter seriously. Search and rescue teams have been formed,” said a senior police official of Greater Noida.
A three-year-old boy had gone missing on Wednesday from Dankaur area when he was playing outside his home. The family had reported the incident but he is still untraceable. A BTech student of Sharda University is also missing from Noida for the past 10 days. last month, a 12-year-old girl and a maid disappeared from Noida’s upscale colonies.