GULARIYA: Two dozens of Nepali women have been rescued by Nepal Police in coordination with various organisation in the past six months from various transit points in Bardiya district along the open Nepal-India border.

Traffickers were taking women to India on the pretext of heading to third country destination either for medical treatment or shopping, said Bardiya Chief District Officer Bishnu Bahadur Thapa.

According to CDO Thapa, four transit points in Bardiya have been found sensitive from the security perspective for women.

The traffickers use the areas along the open border with India where there is no presence of security personnel as a trafficking route. They do not use the areas where security personnel are present," added Thapa.

Jamuni Karnalipur, Gulariya, Ganeshpur and Dhanaura are the most sensitive transit points as listed by organisations working to prevent the women trafficking.