Jharkhand has witnessed an unprecedented 110 per cent rise in human trafficking cases in 2014. The State has witnessed total 78 cases of human trafficking in 2014, which stood at 37 in the previous year. The Central Government has enacted a law and set up anti-human trafficking units in 225 districts of the country, of which eight are in Jharkhand. The facts were revealed by Minister of State for Home Haribhai Chaudhary in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in reply to a question raised by MP Parimal Nathwani.
The Minister stated that as per the information received from National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) human trafficking cases in the country have gone up from 3,940 in 2013 to 6,333 in 2014. Thus, the country has witnessed sharp rise of 60.74 per cent in such cases. The cases of human trafficking went up marginally in 2013 when compared to the previous year, the number of cases decreased in Jharkhand in the same period. As per the NCRB data in Jharkhand the number of human trafficking incidents went down in 2013 to 37 from 43 cases reported in 2012, showing downfall of around 14 per cent, said the statement tabled in the house.
Nathwani wanted to know about number of human trafficking cases reported in last four years in India and Jharkhand along with the steps taken by the Government to combat such crimes.