Tinsukia, Jan 7 (PTI) Nine people were arrested and two children rescued as a human trafficking racket was busted in upper Assam, police said on Tuesday.

The children were rescued from Naharlagun in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh where the traffickers had sold them, they said.

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The operation that led to unearthing the racket was led by Deputy Superintendent of Police of Tinsukia Nishita Jagtap and sub-inspector Riyaz Ali.

The gang would lure poor couples in the tea garden areas with money and take away their children who were later sold in other states, a police officer said.

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The two rescued children were sold for Rs 2 lakh, he said.

Police suspect that the gang has been involved in more such cases and interrogation of the accused could lead to more rescues.

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