Assam soon to introduce human trafficking

The Assam government soon to introduce a law to check human trafficking, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the state assembly.

According to the new law, those who employ themselves to check human trafficking will have to register details of their domestic help with the nearest police station and also be responsible to provide education and health facilities to them.

He said the government will frame a policy for proper rehabilitation of trafficked children and take stern measures to check incidents of human trafficking

According to the National Crime Records Bureau data for 2021, Assam reported 203 cases of human trafficking last year.

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