Srinagar: Acting on a tip from reliable source, Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla on Friday said to have successfully dismantled a human trafficking module operating in Ushkura, Baramulla.
The investigation revealed that Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Ushkura, was involved in the trafficking and exploitation of minor girls from outside the Union Territory. Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 173/2024 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Baramulla and investigation was take up, a police spokesman said in a statement issued here today.
Acting swiftly on the information, a police team raided Shakeel Ahmad Bhat’s residential premises and rescued three minor girls who are from Rohingya Burma. The raid was conducted in the presence of a Magistrate and lady police officials, police said.
During interrogation, police said Shakeel Ahmad Bhat confessed that he sold one girl to Mehraj Ahmad Tantray, a resident of Kanlibagh. Subsequently, a raid at Tantray’s residence led to the rescue of another minor girl from Burma Rohingya. Both Shakeel Ahmad Bhat and Mehraj-u-Din Tantray have been arrested. Efforts are now underway to apprehend other individuals involved in this human trafficking racket.
