2014, മേയ് 24, ശനിയാഴ്‌ച

400 children rescued from train

 Palakkad: In surprise check, police rescued 400 students from a train at Olavakkode railway station. 

Police, who received a tip off that children are being transported to Kerala for labour, carried out the search.

The male and female children, aged between three to 11 years, were found in a reserved coach in the train from Patna to Ernakulam. Two elders found with them have been arrested.

Majority of the rescued children belong to Muslim community and the arrested persons claimed they were taken for religious studies.

However, police said the arrested were transporting the children to engage them as child labourers

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