29-May-2024 10:42 PM
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Itanagar, May 29 (Reporter) The Itanagar Police has arrested one more accused individual in the minor sex trafficking case.
With this, the total number of arrests made in the case has risen to 22, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
The arrested accused has been identified as 32-year-old Nandram Boro, a resident of Borolakhat village under Sipajhar police station in Assam’s Darrang district, Itanagar SP Rohit Rajbir Singh said.
“He was an assailant and was arrested two days back. He has now been sent to judicial custody,” the SP added.
It may be mentioned that the police earlier this month busted an inter-state sex trafficking racket in the heart of the state capital by arresting 21 accused persons, including traffickers, pimps, and sexual assailants.
The cops also rescued five minor girls—trafficked to Itanagar mostly from Assam’s Dhemaji district and forced into prostitution—and sent them to shelter homes for rehabilitation, the SP said...////...