'9,034 children trafficked in India in 2016 alone'
New Delhi, Sep 27: The Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation on Wednesday said that 9,034 children were trafficked in the year 2016 alone, a dramatic rise in the figure compared to 2015.
In a statement citing the National Crime Records Bureau for 2016, the Foundation said: "9,034 children were trafficked in the year 2016 alone, a figure that had risen dramatically by 131 per cent from 3,905 in 2015."
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) member Priyank Kanoongo said in India 40 per cent adolescent girls and 35 per cent boys are out of the school.
"Since these children, who come from poor families and do not attend school, they become more prone to falling prey to perpetrators of trafficking," Kanoongo said.
Geetanjali Goel, Special Secretary, Delhi Legal Services, said: "Even after rescuing, we are not very sure if children would be accepted back in their families. In Delhi, dropout children are more vulnerable to offence and we must identify and map it."
Goel said that given such alarming data, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive approach to combat the "organised crime of trafficking".
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Insurance consultant loses Rs 71 lakh in cryptocurrency investment fraud
Thane (PTI): A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.
A case was registered against six persons at Mumbra police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita on charges of cheating and breach of trust. Nobody has been arrested to date.
The complainant, a resident of Kausa in Mumbra, alleged that the accused induced him to invest money in a firm, purportedly associated with a cryptocurrency platform, between August 2025 and March 2026.
He transferred Rs 71,60,015 through cash and online transactions at different times. However, the accused failed to return the invested amount and instead misappropriated the funds, a police official said.
