Patna,(BiharTimes): Tirhut DIG Ajay Mishra said nearly 4,000 children are being trafficked out of Bihar every month and the police are yet to ascertain the number of people involved in this crime.

Inaugurating a two-day seminar-cum-training on trafficking at Muzaffarpur on Monday he directed police officers of his district to treat trafficking as more heinous than loot and dacoity as traffickers are living in society and it is very difficult to identify them unless they are unmasked by the people or media.

He pointed out that initially the criminals committed crime for money but now with the rise in demand for human beings, various gangs are in the business of supplying children for sexual exploitation and labour.

The district magistrate of Muzaffarpur, Anupam Kumar, stressed on the need to sensitize police officers on child trafficking. He said the police should coordinate with NGOs on trafficking and give priority to solving such cases.

SSP Jitendra Rana said children, mostly girls, are enticed by traffickers on the lure of finding them jobs. In several cases it has been proved that some family members are also involved in this trade to earn quick buck.

Vigilance SP Anil Kumar Sinha and municipal commissioner and IAS officer Himanshu Sharma gave a few tips to police officers on prevention of kidnapping of children.