Bengaluru: Detention of human traffickers; 35 Nepali girls rescued
Bengaluru, Dec 12: CCB police arrested four Nepal-based accused on charges of detaining the girls promising by getting them jobs in abroad and trying to trade them illegally.
The arrested have been identified as Kishan Gale (29), Lakshman Gale (29), Rakesh Sharma (38) and Thag Bahadur Thapa (32). It is said that they have formed a syndicate to earn money illegally.
CCB DCP S Girish said that the accused have promised 35 innocent girls that they would get them work in abroad and brought them and kept them illegally in Sudha Lodge at Cotton Pete. They have planned to trade them illegally to foreign countries through agents, he said.
With the help of laptops and printers, they have created fake documents in the name of girls. Two laptops, one printer, 6 mobile phones, 6 fake seals, two passports and other materials were recovered from them. Two other accused Venkateshwar Rao and B Navaraj were at large and the police have been searching for them.
They have links with the foreign agents of human trafficking. Based on the demands of the agents, the accused have been supplying the girls. It was found in the interrogation that they have been using the girls for illegal activities. All the 35 girls rescued here are from Nepal, he said.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
