ARARIA, Jan. 6 -- A 55-year-old woman from Bihar's Araria district was reunited with her son after 13 years, after he was allegedly trafficked by a human trafficking racket, officials said. The son's ordeal highlights the operations of trafficking networks active along border areas.

"It is difficult to describe my legal struggle since 2012. Taking advantage of our distress, some villagers showed sympathy and took away our 12-year-old son Jamshed alias Munna, promising to enrol him in a madarsa in Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh," Zarina Khatun told reporters, breaking down.

She said her husband has been suffering from physical and mental ailments, leaving her to manage the family, including two sons.

"Soon after my son was taken away, I reali...