New Delhi, Aug 9
A minor girl from West Bengal who was abducted and sold twice for illegal marriage was rescued by the CBI from Rajasthan along with the arrest of five accused, an official said on Saturday.
The minor girl, missing from Bardhaman in West Bengal since August 2023, was rescued from Pali in Rajasthan on Friday, the official said.
Those arrested include Bharat Kumar, Jagdish Kumar, Mena Dapuben, Rata Ram, and Dilip Kumar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said.
She was sold twice for marriage, and it is suspected that this incident could be part of a big human trafficking network, said the CBI in a statement.
The probe agency registered the case on February 16, 2024, at the direction of the High Court of Calcutta
Later, a CBI team visited Pali and, after verifying the information, the missing girl was rescued from the residence of the accused on August 8, it said.
According to a government reply in Parliament, the National Crime Records Bureau reported that the number of crimes against women in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 were 3,78,236, 4,05,326, 3,71,503, 4,28,278 and 4,45,256, respectivel