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Three tribal girls allegedly trafficked, sold in West Bengal

Ashis Sinha

Three tribal girls have allegedly been trafficked from Dhanbad district and sold in West Bengal.

Bahamuni Kumari, lagni Kumari and Geeta Kumari, daily wage earners at Bajrang Coal depot at Tundi block under Barbadda police station in Dhanbad district were allegedly trafficked and sold at West Bengal On Monday Geeta gave a call on his brother's mobile phone that she had been trafficked and sold by the supervisor of the coal depot Radhe Rai where several others girls were also in captivity

later the kins of Geeta lodged a complaint against Radhe at Barbadda police station on Wednesday. 'A missing report of the girls has been lodged and we are conducting raids to arrest Rai', said OC of the police station.

Women trafficking are a social disease and it can be eliminated only by spreading awareness among mass, said Hemlata S Mohan, chairperson of State Women Commission.