Factor Resolved
A week later, Shreeja and Saurabh started running a story of Renuka Banerjee, the notorious human trafficker and her cousin and aide Bhudeb Ganguly, both in their sixties. It mentioned how a Lalbazar detective arrested Renuka Banerjee, how an Assistant Sub-inspector of Police risked his life to rescue several children. The solace was that the entire operation has found three girls from the city, missing over a decade. Renuka and Bhudeb kidnapped these girls in disguise of household help. Bhudeb alone impregnated them. Their children were raped and impregnated, in turn, while kidnapping of other girls continued. With an increased number of children, the duo hired rapists. Babies, boys and girls, born out of kidnapped girls and their female offspring were trafficked overseas. Otherwise, deployed in local prostitution business, in begging, and as aide to further kidnapping. Shreeja, Saurabh, Tapaja, Moumita all wanted to name Sujit and Shiuli. But Sujit disagreed, “Why would you put a target on my back? I’ve just done my job.” Shiuli explained, “We’re not immune from the temptation of fame. But we’ve family. Our names, faces should not be publicized. Criminals and their estranged families may identify and can avenge us for estrangement or death of their loved ones.” Later she added, “This’ not at all a glorious moment for the force. Two girls are yet to be found. Countless lives had been violated, lost irredeemably, on our watch. We’re far from being done.” Shreeja wanted to thank Shiuli but refrained. Instead, she boozed to forget the pain of lost hope, of unknown helpless children lost into the darkest unknown.
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