THE TIMES OF INDIA
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has set up an anti-human trafficking unit, headquartered in the National Capital, to conduct operations against women and child traffickers and also to deal with kidnapping cases. "This unit will be responsible for collecting, collating and analyzing data on kidnapping and abduction of people from all over India. The unit will also develop actionable intelligence to conduct operations against gangs involved in trafficking, especially of children and women for the purpose of exploitation, such as beggary and prostitution," CBI Spokesperson Dharini Mishra said.
CBI officials said that the unit will coordinate with various state police departments and share intelligence with them. The centralized data of trafficking cases would be kept in the unit, and regular offenders would be kept under strict vigil.
Any person giving information leading to arrest and criminal action against trafficking gangs would be rewarded up to Rs two lakh, Mishra added. The special crime unit would also liaise with like-minded NGOs.
The agency also activated a helpline number (011-24368638), where any person, having inputs about gangs and syndicates, can give information. The government has designated all police officers of the rank of inspector and above in the CBI as Trafficking Police Officers to exercise powers of investigation under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and other laws dealing with sexual exploitation. Overall in-charge of this unit is additional director Saleem Ali, while joint director R P Aggarwal will supervise it.
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