Giving tips for putting an effective check on human trafficking to the cops in three-day long workshop on training of trainers in Anti-Human Trafficking began on Monday at police line, Dehradun, the trainers called Uttarakhand a vulnerable State for human trafficking since a large number of people from here move to other places in search of employment as the State lack of resources and means required to provide employment to locals. In course of searching the employment, some of the people land into trap of human trafficking.
Trainer Manish Sabharwal, chief operating officer of IMPACT, said, "Even as it is not visible since such cases have not been registered in the State, it exists in the State. To check it effectively, reinforcement of laws, prosecution, reduction in demand by cracking down at spots where trafficked children and girls are supplied, and creating awareness among people about various laws available to act tough against culprits involved in human trafficking." He also laid emphasis on creating awareness among the masses about laws to prevent it.
Soumya Bhoumick, who attended the workshop as trainer from Center for Social Research, advised the cops to use plethora of laws to deal with cases of human trafficking which he called bowl of crime. "Human trafficking could be prevented by acting tough against the criminals. Plethora of laws available should be used for doing away with this crime."
Additional director general (administration) Anil K Ratudi, who inaugurated the workshop as chief guest, laid emphasis on establishing coordination between police and other departments to check the barbaric crime. He said, "Human trafficking is such an offence in which a man is treated like an animal. To check such a barbaric crime, we need to take support from several parts of the society.
Though police have a major role in preventing it, coordination with other departments, including women empowerment, labour, social welfare and non government organisation is also required for effecting check."
He said that it was duty of police to rehabilitate the victim along with prevention of human trafficking and its investigation. He said that though there was no particular act for prevention of Anti human trafficking, provisions of the IPC, Juvenile Justice Ac and Immoral Traffic Prevention Act were used for its prevention.
Anti Human Trafficking Cell's nodal officer DIG CID Pushkar Singh Sailal said, "Four units, including one each at Haridwar, Kotdwar, Champawat and Haldwani, of Anti-human trafficking cell have been set up in the state. The units would look into cases related to human trafficking." He further added that with the cooperation of the Bureau of Police Training Research and Design (BPR and D) the cell was created in the State.
Several senior officers, including IG law and Order Ram Singh Meena, DIG Amit Sinha, STF SSP Senthil attended the seminar. Twelve deputy superintendent of police (Dy SP) and 26 sub-inspectors and two employees each from the cells are being imparted training. These would provide daylong training to the cops in their respective districts.