The Bheempur police in Adilabad district on Saturday unearthed a human trafficking racket by arresting a couple from Maharashtra allegedly involved in abduction and the sale of a 16 year-old-minor girl to a man in Rajasthan.
The accused, identified as Nirmala, 47, and her husband Bapunya Rajaram of Kinhi village in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district were arrested by the police at the Adilabad railway station on Saturday morning, police said. Another accused Karan alias Bhagavath of Kota in Rajasthan, is at large.
According to police, Nirmala and Bapunya allegedly kidnapped the minor Adivasi girl from her village in Bheempur mandal of Adilabad district on June 2, 2025. The couple allegedly sold the girl to Karan in Rajasthan for ₹10,000.
Acting on a complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the Bheempur police have registered a kidnapping case. A detailed investigation into the abduction case uncovered the human trafficking racket.
When the couple got to know that police are on the lookout for them, they reportedly brought the girl back to her home on June 25, 2025.
The couple was arrested under the relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. The arrested duo was produced in the local court.
The police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against Karan and deputed a special team to Rajasthan to nab him.
The incident comes less than two weeks after an inter-State human trafficking racket allegedly involving a suspended police constable was busted by the police in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.
Published – June 28, 2025 09:28 pm IST
