BSF rescues boy from traffickers in Assam

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, guarding the India-Bangladesh border, have rescued a minor boy from the clutches of traffickers along the international border in Assam, an official said on Sunday.

BSF troops from Gachpara Border Outpost raided the house of Kismat Ali at Takamari village in the district on Saturday night and rescued the three-and-half-year-old boy, said a spokesman of the BSF's Guwahati frontier.

The boy was identified as Runi of Phulbari village.

"We received specific intelligence that a minor boy was kidnapped from his house and was kept at the house of Ali waiting for an opportune moment to sneak him to Bangladesh in exchange for a huge amount of money," the BSF spokesman said.

The BSF, however, failed to apprehend the traffickers.

"The minor boy was later handed over to the police," the BSF spokesman said.