Human trafficking: 4 people sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking in 10-month trial | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jhargram Police secured a conviction in a human trafficking case within 10 months, marking one of the fastest trials and convictions in the state of Kolkata recent memory. The four people arrested were sentenced to 20 years in prison. of rigorous imprisonment for human trafficking and sexual assault of a child, according to special prosecutor Kunal Kanti Ghosh. The case was supervised by the SIT, headed by SP Jhargram Arijit Sinha, with the investigating officer (IO) being Biplab Karmakar, the CI of Jhargram. “The case was finally solved thanks to a photograph of one of the accused from the Swasthya Sathi Database. Other links were developed using analysis of call tower dumping and by consulting other government databases containing photographs of beneficiaries. It emerged that the same gang was carrying out similar human trafficking activities in neighboring districts, which led to the elimination of an inter-district human trafficking gang through these arrests,” a Sinha said. The trial concluded and the conviction of all accused was obtained on time. 10 months after registration of FIR. Ghosh claimed that this was the fastest conviction in a human trafficking case registered in a Junglemahal district since the state government launched the 'Swayangsiddha initiative' against human trafficking. human beings in 2016. “The protection granted to witnesses was appreciated by the trial judge. None of the vulnerable witnesses turned hostile in this case,” Ghosh claimed.

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