Watch | Jharkhand the hunting ground of human traffickers

Khunti is one of five districts that form the Jharkhand belt along with Gumla, Simdega, Lohardaga and Latehar. This belt supplies domestic help to thousands of homes in Delhi and satellite towns such as Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.

Unlike the state's industrially developed districts, think Ranchi, Dhanbad or Bokaro, endemic poverty marks these districts, with more than 35% of the tribal population living below poverty line. These pockets are also the Maoist war zones of Jharkhand. These factors make it prime hunting ground for traffickers.

About 4,000 children have gone missing in Jharkhand over the past 10 years. Of these, 1,000 are yet to be traced, according to the CID. Approximately 42,000 girls have been trafficked from Jharkhand to metropolitan cities, as per the NGO coalition Action against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children.