Bengal child trafficking: Mamata forms probe committee
Leader of the opposition Abdul Mannan and Left legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty have been invited to the probe committee, which is comprising of state's Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee, WB Police's DG Surajit Kar Purakayastha, Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and principal secretary of state Child Welfare department.
Meanwhile, West Bengal's Minister for women and child welfare Sashi Panja, who made a statement few days earlier on the child smuggling racket without taking permission from CM Mamata Banerjee, was not included in the committee.
After unearthing a Bengal-based child trafficking racket on Nov 21, the CID conducted raids at several nursing homes and old-age homes in Kolkata and several other districts in the state and rescued at least 32 babies, including newborns and toddlers.
As many as 20 persons, including few doctors, nursing-home owners, old-age home operators and NGO administrators, have been arrested so far in connection with the case and they all are in CID custody.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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