GUJARAT: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel have rescued as many as eight youngsters including minors from Gujarat who were being held by a gang under the pretext of job opportunities.
All of them were taken from Darranga in the Kalipur area in the Baksa district of Assam.
An official of the 24 battalions of SSB, Alok Sharma while speaking to media said, "We have rescued eight persons including minor girls and minor boys from Gujarat and took them in Gandhidham express from Gujarat to Guwahati".
"The rescued persons belong to an economically poor family living in the bordering areas of Assam. The gang led by a woman named Manjana had cheated the persons. The family members of the victims requested us to help the victims and finally, we have rescued them," he added.
The rescued individuals have been brought back to Assam and handed over to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the Kamakhya Railway station on February 22.
As per reports the gang had reportedly taken 1 year's salary of Rs 5 lakh from them.
The rescue of the victims came in after their family members filed a complaint against the gang at the Kumarikata Police Station in Baksa.
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