Anti-human trafficking units of the State police will launch a massive awareness drive in remote areas vulnerable to human trafficking in order to save them from traffickers' trap that often rural folks in form of 'lucrative job offers'. Villagers would be asked not to throw away such offers given to them by traffickers in guise of a well-off person, who frequently visit the remote areas with such offers.
Four anti-human trafficking units set up one each at Haldwani, Kotdwar, Champawat and Haldwani would carry out drive in their respective areas. The drive is most likely from first week of May.
State anti-human trafficking cell has drawn a blueprint under supervision of deputy inspector general of police (CID) Pushkar Singh Sailal, who is nodal officer of the cell.
A senior official accepts that the human trafficking is gradually raising its head in the state. Gullible locals are often lured away by lucrative job offers that land them into trap of traffickers.
DIG Sailal, who accepts the fact, claimed that the anti human trafficking units of the police would crush it down. "Anti-human trafficking units are ready to trample down the head of trafficking. In some areas, the units have started working," Sailal said.
Training on anti-human trafficking has given an insight in different methods and laws used to prevent the trafficking. "Through drives, we will tell the locals that they should not entertain the lucrative job offers by strangers since it may land them into trouble. So, better avoid them and inform police immediately after noticing any suspicious persons in their areas," Sailal said.
The units would take help of police liaison groups during awareness drives against the human trafficking. He, however, said that the units would appeal the people to lodge a complaint immediately soon after a child goes missing so that the trafficking units could get information and swing into action instantly. It would be ensured that fast action be ensured in each reported case. And awareness will surely help the units in the task of trapping the traffickers and busting their network.