Prabhavati M. Hiremath, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mysuru, said here on Tuesday, December 5, that 584 cases pertaining to child trafficking were registered in the district courts in the last one year.
She was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on the prevention of human trafficking organised by the district administration, Mysuru ZP, District Legal Services Authority and others.
The judge said the number of cases registered in 18 months was 664. These numbers are on the rise and cause for concern and of the 584 cases registered in a year, 424 pertained to trafficking girls and 164 pertained to trafficking of boys, she added.