Archive · 26 Jul 2025
NGO Member Arrested in West Bengal Human Trafficking Case
Imagine a group of people who pretended to help young women find jobs.
They would trick the women, promising them good work.
They even had a training center.
But instead of jobs, they were planning to send the women to other places to work.
The police found out when they rescued 56 women from a train.
They arrested one of the people in charge of the scheme.
The police are now investigating the NGO and trying to find all the people involved and figure out how the women were tricked.
A member of an NGO in West Bengal was arrested for alleged human trafficking.
The arrested person is Virendra Pratap Singh, project director of Durg Education and Charitable Society.
The NGO allegedly lured women from poor families with job promises.
56 women were rescued from a train in Siliguri, preventing trafficking to other states.
The NGO operated a training center and hostel to prepare women for work elsewhere.
- Who
- Virendra Pratap Singh, project director of Durg Education and Charitable Society.
- What
- An NGO member was arrested for human trafficking.
- When
- The arrest occurred this week.
- Where
- Siliguri, West Bengal, India.
- Why
- Singh and the NGO are alleged to have trafficked women by luring them with job promises and sending them to other states.
Perpetrators
Victims
Trafficking Scheme
Perpetrators
Attempted to traffic women for illegal activities
Victims
N/A
- Arrested Person
- Virendra Pratap Singh
- NGO Name
- Durg Education and Charitable Society
- Location
- Siliguri, West Bengal
- Victims Rescued
- 56 women
- Rescue Location
- New Jalpaiguri railway station