Child trafficking bid foiled, 15 boys from Bihar rescued
The Hindu
NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan State Coordinator G. Tirupati Rao said the children were being taken as bonded labourers to work in the construction sector.
In a joint operation, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department and the Government Railway Police (GRP), rescued 15 children allegedly being trafficked from Bihar to Karnataka. On information provided by an NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), that minor boys were being shifted by the Sangamitra Express train, officials and the Railway Childline swung into action and rescued the children in Vijayawada railway station in the early hours of July 6. “We have taken in four persons, who were allegedly trafficking the children to Bangaluru. The victims were all natives of different places of Bihar,” said District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), Ch. Vijay Kumar of WD&CW Department.
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