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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) told the Rajya Sabha that Punjab has the maximum fig of quality trafficking cases successful the country.
"As acold arsenic States are concerned, the maximum fig of trafficking cases is from the State of Punjab," the Minister said portion replying to supplementary questions during the question hour.
Mr. Jaishankar said the Punjab Government has constituted an SIT and a fact-finding committee to look into cases of quality trafficking.
"As per accusation fixed by them to us, 25 FIRs person been registered against 58 amerciable question agents, and 16 accused person been arrested," helium said connected Punjab.
"In the lawsuit of State of Haryana, 2,325 cases person been registered and 44 FIRs person been registered and 27 radical person been arrested. Also, 1 important trafficker has been arrested by the State of Gujarat," helium said.
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To a question connected deportations by the United States, the Minister said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established immoderate years agone an anti-human trafficking division, and it has contiguous a mandate to screen quality trafficking.
“State Governments person besides launched investigations into quality trafficking cases,” helium noted.
"The NIA has registered and investigated 27 quality trafficking cases, resulting successful 169 arrests and complaint sheets against 132 individuals. The NIA arrested 2 important traffickers successful Haryana and Punjab connected August 7 and past successful Himachal Pradesh, 2 much radical connected October 2," the Minister informed.
