PHILLAUR: Punjab Police Academy Phillaur Director cum DGP Punjab RS Gill has stressed the need to put in collective efforts to tackle the second largest threat to the humanity of human trafficking.

 In his Valedictory Address during the three days specialized Regional Level Training of Trainers Programme on Human Trafficking for Police Personnel Saturday , he further said that there should be common collaborative efforts to collectively deal with this serious problem. He also emphasized for regular sensitization of police personnel concerning the procedures and strategies to apprehend the culprits and at the same time to help the victims with the help of trained Counselors and Psychiatrists.

During the programme, sessions on different aspects of Human Trafficking like     ‘ Law and Procedures on Commercial Sexual Exploitation ’ ‘Significance of Psycho - Social Counseling’ ‘ Human Trafficking ’ ‘ Role of Police in Pre-rescue and During Rescue Period ’ ‘ Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking ’ ‘ Role of Forensics and Medico – legal Issues ’ and ‘ Procedure and Trafficking for Exploitive Labour and Other Exploitations ’ were discussed by the eminent experts and scholars. Among those who made the presentation were Mr. K.Koshy, Former Director General, BPR&D, New Delhi, Geeta Sekhon, Project Coordinator, UNODC, Dr. D.J. Singh, Sr. Dy. Director & Dean, PPA, Phillaur, Ms. Swasti Rana, Project Associate, UNODC, Ms. Chhaya Sharma, Addl. DCP, South District, New Delhi., Ms. Sayantani Raichaudhary and Sushantho Mukharjee, Contact Base ( NGO ), West Bengal, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Head Deptt. of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala and Mr. Rakesh Senger, Bachpan Bachao Andoloan (NGO). 
 
A special features of this programme was that the participants were sensitized on human trafficking issues with the help of role play and participative games. A special team from Calcutta based NGO Contact Base conducted those interesting learning programmes. This programme was jointly conducted by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, Bureau of Police Research & Development, New Delhi, United Nations Office on Drug Crimes & Control and Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur.

The visiting team from UNODC was headed by Dr. Geeta Sekhon, Project Coordinator. Sh. B.K. Garg, DIG-cum-Joint Director, PPA proposed the vote of thanks. more than 40 participants from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and U.T. Police participated in the training programme.