SHILLONG: Following complaints of trafficking of school student from the State to Karnataka, the Social Welfare department has clarified that a fact finding team which visited Mangalore, Karnataka last year found no evidence of the alleged trafficking.
Director of Social Welfare, CC Mishil, in a statement issued on Monday, said that evidence gathered from the places suggest that the students were being sent to Karnataka for educational purpose only. Mishil added that the team had visited Karnataka after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights wanted to know the facts behind the allegations of student trafficking.