The Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Koderma unit, has submitted its report on the investigation of the human trafficking case of Dandadih Panchayat under Jaynagar police station to the District Collector and the Superintendent of Police concerned. The committee suggested early punishment to the accused in the case and safe rescue of the missing children.
Seven children from the village were missing since January. The children vanished without the knowledge of their parents.Three boys - Jainath Chaudhary (14), Suraj Yadav (13) and Deepal Paswan (15) - were yet traceless while Arvind Pandey and Sandeep Rana returned home from Chennai with the help of a person of the village working in Chennai. Anil Singh (12) and Teta Singh alias Pawan Singh (12) were rescued from Kolkata.
According to the children,”Niranjan Saw s/o Chhotelal saw allured them with many kinds of inducements for a better life and took them to Chennai and Kolkata.They worked there in tea stalls and hotels, they added.
Mamta SIngh, chairman of the Child Welfare Committee, and Rajkumar Sinha, Manoj Kumar Dangi and Satyendta Singh, members of the committee, inquired the matter and found the involvement of Niranjan Saw. The committee also reported about the irresponsible act of the police in the case .The committee said in its report that the Jaynagar police was informed on August 20 but they registered the case on September 10. The committee demanded a high-level probe in the matter.
K Ravikumar, District Collector, said, “As often seen, most traffickers are known to families one way or other. They either live in the same community or neighbouring villages. Often they operate through intermediaries in the villages. Trafficking has to be stopped by steps - prevention, rescue and rehabilitation. We are looking into the matter and the district anti-trafficking committee will investigate the case.” Sangita Kumari, Superintendent of Police, assured quick action in the case.