UP Police busts child trafficking racket in Aligarh, rescues 6 kids in overnight op

Police dubbed the overnight action as 'unprecedented' and informed that two of the rescued children had gone missing from Ghaziabad and four from Aligarh. 

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh police has busted a child trafficking racket with the arrest of 16 persons, officials said on Monday, adding six kidnapped kids were rescued in the operation. The children were rescued during an overnight operation conducted in Aligarh and surrounding areas as part of the special anti-human trafficking 'Operation Khushi', they said. Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed three persons near a crossing at village Borna under Mahuakheda police station area on Sunday evening, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani said.