Mother, son ‘trafficked’ from Guwahati, traced in Rajasthan

A 22-year-old woman and her three-year-old child were suspected to have been trafficked to Rajasthan's Churu district on Monday. They had gone missing from Guwahati's Satgaon area on January 16. Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah said the woman and her child have been rescued with the help of the Rajasthan Police and will soon be brought back to Guwahati to reunite with their family. A missing complaint was lodged at the Satgaon Police Station by the woman's family members a couple of days later. The woman's mother informed the police that she had called from Delhi Police said "the woman had told her mother that someone took her to Delhi and urged her to rescue both of them immediately. An FIR was lodged and investigation was started however verification of the mobile number showed that the last location was near Clock Tower Road at Sardarshahar in Churu district of Rajasthan." Police said later police found the number switched off. The city police wrote to the Rajasthan Police seeking their cooperation regarding the case. Then both the mother and child were rescued by the Rajasthan Police and are currently in their custody. A city police team will leave for Rajasthan soon