Four held in Budgam for involvement in ‘human trafficking’: Police
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said that it arrested four persons involved in human trafficking in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
In a statement, issued here a spokesperson said that police Post Soibugh received a call from a source regarding a non-local woman wandering aimlessly in the Arath area seeking help.
“Accordingly a Police team was deputed to the place and recovered the said woman who was subsequently handed over to ‘Sakhi One stop centre Budgam,” the spokesman said.
He said that on enquiry she revealed that she had been fraudulently brought to Kashmir by Zaitoon Bibi resident of Kolkata and Bashir Ahmed Mochi of Arath, Budgam.
He added that she further revealed that the persons sold her to one Parvaiz Ahmad Ganiee S/o Ghulam Mohammad Ganiee R/o Yall Pattan for Rs 1.30 lakh and forcibly married her to the said person. “Accordingly, Budgam Police registered a Case FIR No 52/2024 under relevant section of Law at Police Station Budgam and investigation was started.”
“During the course of investigation four persons identified as Bashir Ahmad Mochi S/o Abdul Rehman Mochi R/o Arath Budgam, Ghulam Hassan Najar S/o Wali Mohammad Najar R/o Arath Budgam, Parvaiz Ahmad Ganiee S/o Ghulam Mohammad Ganiee R/o Yall Pattan and Mohammad Ramzan Ganiee S/o Abdul Wahab Ganiee R/o Hanjibugh Magam were found involved in the trafficking racket and were subsequently arrested. Further investigation is going on,” the spokesman added.
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