Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) volunteers with the help of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have rescued a 12-year-old trafficked Assam child from a moving train in Bihar.
The trafficked child who hails from Assam was rescued at Chapar in Bihar.
According to the child’s father, the neighbour of his brother-in-law who resides in Rajasthan had come to meet them.
He had taken the child outside on the pretext of day out. The family members were worried when they did not return until late at night.
The mobile was also switched off. Apprehending the kidnapping of the boy, the family members went to the local police station but the cops told them to wait for four to five hours as there is a possibility of their coming back.
The matter became known after a local NGO had informed the BBA in the morning about the missing boy.
The BBA state coordinator immediately informed the GRPF but the GRPF asked them to register an FIR first.
Accordingly, FIR was registered and the state coordinator sent details, photographs to the GRPF.
The BBA teams at Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan were kept on alert. The local police team reached the Kamakhya Station and checked the CCTV footage.
Incidentally, both were spotted boarding the Awadh-Assam Express around 10 pm the previous night and were on the train. Immediately, BBA alerted the GRPF. Both were spotted at Chapra.
The Assam police have left by Guwahati-Rajdhani Express for Chapra, Bihar. The BBA team will now take the lead to reunite the family.
“It was difficult to rescue the boy as they had left Assam. We are proud that we could manage to rescue the boy from Chapra, Bihar. I congratulate the BBA team. I also thank the Assam Police, and GRPF for their cooperation,” said BBA spokesperson Manish Sharma.
“We have been working with GRPF in past too and I must say they are doing a very good wor. BBA will follow up the case and will ensure the boy gets compensation and legal support. BBA will ensure this man is punished,” he said.
During the past ten days, BBA has rescued around 200 children from the clutches of traffickers.