IEP Chandigarh, November 11
Haryana Home Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that the state government has prepared a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for investigation of cases related to missing persons. Under the SOP, if the missing children are not traced by the District Police within 4 months, the State Crime Branch will take these cases and expedite the proceedings to find the missing persons, he added.
Special steps taken to stop human trafficking in Haryana- Vij
Sh. Vij directed the concerned police officers to launch a special drive to fill the Integrated Investigative Form (IIF-9) through Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) for missing persons tracked by the Police Department and Child Welfare Committees, so as to match this data with the data filled in form IIF8 of CCTNS for the missing persons. The matched data will assist in locating the missing persons and reunite the persons and children with their families, he added.
Sh. Vij said that a total of 39,830 missing children and persons including those who smuggled, trafficked for the purpose of prostitution; domestic workers and begging have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Units and District Police teams from the year 2020 till October 31, 2022.
He informed that a total of 11,353 missing children and persons have been rescued by Anti-Human Trafficking Units, while a total of 28,477 missing children and persons have been rescued by the district police from the year 2020 till October 31, 2022.
The Anti-Human Trafficking Units have rescued 650 missing men and 884 missing women above 18 years, 836 missing boys and 651 missing girls below 18 years of age from the year 2020 till October 31, 2022. Similarly, 2653 boys and 1256 girls were rescued from child begging and 4144 boys and 279 girls indulged in child labour were rescued from October 2020 till October 31, 2022.
He informed that in the year 2020, 5 men and 22 women above 18 years were recovered while 204 boys and 100 girls below 18 years were recovered by the Anti-Human Trafficking Units.
Similarly, in the year 2020, 858 boys and 366 girls were rescued among child beggars and 978 boys and 110 girls were rescued among child labourers. Besides this, 377 missing men and 546 missing women above 18 years of age, 374 boys and 348 girls below 18 years of age were recovered by the Anti-Human Trafficking Units in the year 2021. Similarly, in the year 2021, 1247 boys and 651 girls were rescued among child beggars, while 1970 boys and 122 girls were rescued among child labourers. He said that 268 missing men and 316 women above 18 years, 258 boys and 203 girls below 18 years were recovered by the Anti-Human Trafficking Units till October 31, 2022. In addition to it, 548 boys and 239 girls indulged in child begging were rescued. Also, 1196 boys and 47 girls indulged in child labour were rescued till October 31 2022, he added.
Sh. Vij informed that 7379 men and 14989 women above 18 years and 2365 boys and 3478 girls below 18 years were recovered from the year 2020 till October 31, 2022 by the district police. Similarly, 46 boys and 14 girls indulged in child begging and 194 boys and 12 girls involved in child labour were rescued in the same period.
Similarly, in the year 2020, about 2030 missing men and 4576 women above 18 years, 595 boys and 894 girls below 18 years were recovered. Similarly, 21 boys and 12 girls involved in child begging and 82 boys and 12 girls involved in child labour were rescued in the year 2020.
Similarly, in the year 2021, 2594 missing men and 5391 women above 18 years, 854 boys and 1406 girls below 18 years were rescued. Similarly, in the year 2021, 25 boys and 2 girls involved in child begging practice and 71 boys indulged in child labour were rescued. Similarly, 2755 missing men and 5022 women above 18 years, 916 boys and 1178 girls below 18 years were recovered till October 31, 2022. Similarly, 41 boys involved in child labour were rescued till October 31, 2022.
Trafficking of Human is an evil for any society. Humans (especially women and Children) are being smuggled, trafficked for the purpose of prostitution, domestic workers, begging, forced marriages and forced labour. He warned the people involved in such heinous practices and said that either they should leave this work or else leave Haryana. No one will be spared involved in such cases, he added.
Sh. Vij said that to tackle this problem, at present a total of 22 Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUS) are functional in the state under the supervision of State Crime Branch, stationed at Panchkula , Ambala , Yamunanagar , Madhuban , Sonipat , Panipat , Kurukshetra , Kaithal , Hisar , Fatehabad , Sirsa , Jind , Bhiwani , Rohtak , Charkhi Dadri , Gurugram , Faridabad , Palwal , Mewat , Rewari , Narnaul and Jhajjar . A total of 97 police officials including – 09 SIS, 08 ESI, 22 ASI , 08 EASI , 46 HCs , 02 EHCS and 02 Constables are presently working in these units . These AHTUS are working in coordination with child welfare committees (CWCs) and district Police. The main functions of these AHTUS are to rescue the missing persons and reunite them with their parents or guardians, he added.
