Lok Sabha Question No. 2801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: Trafficking of Bangladeshi Girls
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2801

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  MARCH, 2018 /PHALGUNA 22, 1939 (SAKA)

TRAFFICKING OF BANGLADESHI GIRLS

2801. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  around  50  thousand  Bangladeshi  girls  below  30  years  are trafficked into the country every year;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government thereon;

(c)  whether miles and miles of unfenced Line of Control (LoC) border is the transit point for the said trafficking; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  of  timebound action plan of the Government and to depute more BSF teams to stop trafficking therein?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (d): The details of Bangladeshi nationals, who have been apprehended  by  Border  Security  Force  (BSF)  while  trying  to  enter  into Indian Territory illegally, are given in the Annexure. BSF have informed that there are some patches of unfenced area on IndoBangladesh border, including some riverine area.  However, even on these unfenced patches, constant vigil is maintained by BSF personnel to ward off any attempt of unauthorized infiltration/entry and adequate manpower is in place.

## L.S.US.Q NO. 2801 FOR 13.03.2018

BSF has taken various steps to curb trans border crimes, which, inter-alia, include  strengthening  of  sensitive  Border  Out  Posts  (BOPs)  by  deploying additional  manpower,  using  hi-tech  surveillance  equipments,    border Coordinated Patrolling (SCP) with Border Guards of Bangladesh on the border,  conduct of  special  operations,  up-gradation  of  intelligence  network,  coordination workshops/training fencing, installation of border floodlights, Simultaneous with other relevant agencies and conducting programmes on Human Trafficking with NGOs, UNODC and UNHCR. As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,  33 Bangladeshi women victims of human trafficking were rescued in the year 2016.

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## L.S.US.Q NO. 2801 FOR 13.03.2018

Annexure

Details of apprehension of Bangladeshi Nationals entered into Indian Territory

| State          | 2016      | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2018 (up to 28 Feb)   | 2018 (up to 28 Feb)   | 2018 (up to 28 Feb)   |
|----------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                | Child     |        | Female | Male   | Child  | Female | Male   | Child                 | Female                | Male                  |
| Bengal         | West      | 209    | 1009   | 3286   | 115    | 556    | 1870   | 49                    | 145                   | 258                   |
|                | Assam     | 0      | 0      | 109    | 1      | 1      | 115    | 0                     | 0                     | 14                    |
| Eastern Border | Meghalaya | 7      | 9      | 147    | 0      | 3      | 102    | 0                     | 1                     | 3                     |
| Eastern Border | Mizoram   | 0      | 2      | 7      | 0      | 0      | 12     | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| Eastern Border | Tripura   | 9      | 42     | 194    | 7      | 14     | 205    | 9                     | 13                    | 39                    |
|                | Total     | 225    | 1062   | 3743   | 123    | 574    | 2304   | 58                    | 159                   | 314                   |