Guwahati: As many as 161 human trafficking cases were registered in Assam in the last year with 123 traffickers arrested and 279 victims rescued, including 110 children.
These telling facts were revealed by A.Y.V. Krishna, additional director general of police, CID, Assam, during a meeting of stakeholders on women and child safety-related issues here on Thursday.
Recalling the steps taken by Assam Police to deal with crimes against women and children, the ADGP, CID spoke about setting up a division headed by an SP rank officer in the CID headquarters for monitoring heinous crimes against women and children and setting up special cells for women in 11 districts in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) as a multi-agency approach with an aim to provide legal, psychological and counselling to women victims.
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