With the arrest of nine persons, including two women, and the rescue of a toddler, Delhi Police busted a human trafficking racket operating in the national capital.
The presence of the racket came to light when the police took up investigation of the abduction of a one and a half year old boy from northwest Delhi's Swaroop Nagar area on Tuesday, a senior police official said today.
The boy was kidnapped in broad daylight by two bike-borne men, who were tracked down by a police team through technical surveillance. During interrogation, they spilled the beans, leading to the arrest of the others.
The accused have been identified as Hemant, Rakesh, Poonam, Anita, Sonu, Kundan, Vijay, Rehan and Raju. All nine were arrested in the past 48 hours and the toddler kidnapped from Swaroop Nagar has been rescued, the official said.
"On being interrogated, the accused confessed that they used to abduct children and sell them off, mostly to childless couples. We are digging deeper into the nexus," DCP (northwest) Vijay Singh said.
It has emerged that they had kidnapped another child from outer Delhi's Alipur area in the last week. It is suspected that they had kidnapped several other children.
The police are also investigating whether the racket was involved in trafficking of human organs and whether they also operated in other states.
"Investigation is underway, the police are now tracking persons who were clients to the nexus. More arrests are likely," a senior official added.
