To strengthen Anti-Woman and Child Trafficking Units in UP further, the state government has decided to notify 11 more Anti-Human Trafficking Units as `police station’. The government has earlier notified a dozen such cells as `police stations’.
As per a release, Principal Sevretary (Home) Devashish Pandaannounced to strengthen the Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTU), 11 more units will be noitidied as `police stations’ so that they could register cases, probe, rescue, arrest and ensure conviction of t he accused.
Panda said the anti-human trafficking cells at Muzaffarnagar, Kushinagar, Barabanki, lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Balrampur, Badaun, Siddharthnagar, Unnao, Hardoi and Shrawasti will be botified as `police stations’ in the second phase. The jurisdiction of cops posted there will be the entire district.
Earlier this month, the UP government had notified 12 AHTUs situated in Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, Bijnore, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ferojabad, Philibhit, Sitapur, Balia, Bagpat and Shahjahenpur as police stations.
In a meeting of State level Advisory Committee chaired by Principal Secretary (Home), it was decided to formulate a new law on verification for placement agency for domestic help or those dealing with migratory labour and workers.
To train officials dealing in human trafficking, a `Standard Operational Procedure’ will be formulated and regular programme will be organised. Sensitisation programmes for all stakeholders has already been held through video-conferencing and field-level training sessions.
Special programmes for sensitisation is also on for all 35-Anti Human Trafficking Units of UP. All police stations have been directed to take cases of missing children on a priority.
The Home department has also decided to notify `Crisis Intervention Centre (CIC) in 11 districts to help women and children falling victim to human trafficking. These are to be set up in all eight zonal headquarters as well as in Kannauj, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida). More districts are likely to be covered in the second phase and CICs would be set up there.
Cops helping in uniting a missing or trafficked person with one's family under `Operation Smile’ campaign in the state will be rewarded.
Recently, CM Akhilesh Yadav had stressed on sensitising police machinery and other stake holders on Anti Human Trafficking in a systematic manner.