Home Minister Ramsevak Paikara informed the State Assembly on Wednesday that there are a total of 243 cases registered pertaining to illegal human trafficking in the State.
There are 17 cases registered out of 243 on sale of girls and women, he informed Cong member T S Singhdeo in a written reply. He said that a total of 398 women had been rescued besides 186 children ( both boys and girls) while 78 women and 16 women could not be found from 2011-12 till June 25, 2015.
As per the data presented in the House, Jashpur district topped with 100 human trafficking cases registered followed by Surguja at 25 and Raigarh had 24. There were also 4 cases of human trafficking registered in Raipur district. The trafficking cases registered in insurgency infested districts are-Sukma ( 1), Kondagaon ( 4), Narayanpur ( 7), Bijapur ( 1), Kanker ( 11), Dantewada ( 4), Balrampur ( 13), Dhamtari (1), Gariaband ( 1), Rajnandgaon (6) and Bastar district ( Jagdalpur) ( 9).