Overview
- Police said the operation followed a seven-year-old’s escape in early February, leading to the rescue of three minor girls and the detention of six suspects linked to trafficking, purchase and exploitation.
- Notices under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita were issued to three people, including a police constable who had closed a 2021 missing-person report.
- The case was registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, and the Juvenile Justice Act.
- Investigators reported a pattern of informal cash transactions moving children from Assam into Arunachal households, where victims were denied schooling and identity documents and used as domestic labour.
- The rescued children were produced before the Child Welfare Committee and moved to recognised shelter homes, and the seven-year-old received psychological support at Ane’s Home as the search continues for two children still missing.