Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) NGO Child Line, in association with Assam Police, Wednesday rescued 19 children from the railway station here from a group of traffickers.
All the children rescued from the station in Paltan Bazar area are between six and 15 years old. Three people, who accompanied the children, were detained.
They hail from Hailakandi in Assam and from the North Tripura district of Tripura. The rescued children include one who is visually impaired.
"We received information that some children were being taken out of the state by train. Accordingly, we informed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police and raided the station," said Child Line Guwahati coordinator Nirmal Deka.
"During the raid jointly carried out by us and the CID, we found 19 children waiting to board some train," he said.
"We have taken custody of the children and we are going to produce them before the Kamrup district Children Welfare Committee. The committee will advise us on the future course of action," he said.
Assam Police has rescued over 400 trafficking victims since July 2011 till last year. Police have arrested 281 offenders in the operation against an inter-state gang of human traffickers during this period.
This year the pre-monsoon months were the second warmest since 2010 in terms of recorded temperat
Dinesh Karthik's bat, who returned to Team India at the age of 37, spoke fiercely in the series a
Digital revolution: Metaverse to replace Zoom meetings, tech companies vying for investment
One thing is on everyone's lips these days in California - the next war in Silicon Valley will be
Odisha reschedules school hours as mercury set to rise
Bhubaneswar, March 17 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday directed authorities of all schoo
Moin Qureshi granted bail in tax evasion case
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A court here granted bail to businessman Moin Ahmed Qureshi on Monday
Paytm CEO assures: Firm will achieve EBITDA breakeven in six quarters, shares rise 4 percent
Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said in a letter addressed to shareholders on Wednesda
After cutting the embankment of Pakistan's largest lake, efforts are being made to stop the water
Joshimath Crisis: Cracks continue to grow in houses in disaster-hit Joshimath. Cracks were identi
There is now uneasy peace after the violence in the US capital Washington DC on Thursday. Capitol
IND Vs ENG: India's playing 11 in the second test can be like this, two changes are going to happen
IND Vs ENG 2nd Test Matching 11: The second Test match is to be played between India and England
