RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday took a serious note of the Howrah police in West Bengal not responding to complaints of two trafficking victims from Bangladesh, who were being trafficked to Dubai via West Bengal and Mumbai.The two girls, aged about 17 and 19 years, said they are from Komillah district in Bangladesh. "They were taken to the Indo-Bangla border, and with the help of some people they crossed the entered India," the court said, adding, "The girls were made to cross the border, definitely illegally, and the authorities failed to stop this trafficking."After going through the statement of the victims, the court concluded that those handling the girls' travel took them to Howrah, from where they were being taken to Mumbai. "The girls approached the police on the train at Howrah, but it yielded no results. They then approached two passengers, who reported the matter to railway police," D K Karmakar, counsel of the petitioner said. The railway police rescued the girls when the train was at Jamshedpur.The HC in its order said that the whole episode gives an impression that a well-organized racket is trafficking girls from Bangladesh to other countries through India. "This is a matter of grave concern. Indian territory is being used for trafficking foreign nationals to different countries, in this case UAE. At the initial stage, the police personnel on the train in Howrah did not take any action on the complaint of the girls. This is a very serious issue, which needs immediate attention of the ministry of home affairs."The court also directed the Union home ministry to file a report within six weeks on steps being taken for prevention of international human trafficking through India.

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