This story is from February 9, 2017

SSB personnel rescue 824 from human traffickers in 2 years

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel guarding the 632km-long Indo-Nepal border in Bihar have succeeded in preventing child trafficking and flesh trade in the area.
SSB personnel rescue 824 from human traffickers in 2 years
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel guarding the 632km-long Indo-Nepal border in Bihar have succeeded in preventing child trafficking and flesh trade in the area.
PATNA: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel guarding the 632km-long Indo-Nepal border in Bihar have succeeded in preventing child trafficking and flesh trade in the area.
The 2015 and 2016 data reveal that SSB personnel rescued 824 boys, girls and adults, including 234 from Nepal, from the clutches of human traffickers. In 2015, they rescued 270 people, including 88 belonging to Nepal (66 minor boys, 18 girls and one woman among the four adults).
In 2016, the SSB personnel rescued 554 people, including 146 from Nepal (145 minor boys and one minor girl). Altogether 56 traffickers, including 35 from Bihar and 21 from Nepal, were arrested in 2015. In 2016, the number of human traffickers arrested was 136, including 89 from Bihar and 47 from Nepal.
SSB sources said most of the victims were children and they were being trafficked to be used as child workers.
SSB IG Chanchal Shekhar said most of the children are taken to cities like Mumbai, Jaipur and Rajkot. He also said Nepal is in class-I category on the global index of cross-border human trafficking while India falls in class-III category. That means human trafficking from Nepal is among the highest in the world. He also said most of the rescued victims belonged to remote villages of East Champaran and Sitamarhi districts.
“The influx of trafficked people from Nepal increased after the 2015 earthquake that caused heavy casualties and children were the worst sufferers,” Shekhar said, adding that SSB works with several non-government organizations (NGOs), including Nepalese NGO Maiti Nepal, to prevent child trafficking.
Shekhar also said the SSB would be strengthened more to counter human trafficking and villagers would be trained under civic action plans in this regard.
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