KOLAR, 24 APRIL

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) authorities at Bangarpet in Kolar district rescued 10 children from Bihar who were brought there by unknown persons on the pretext of admitting them to a Madrasa in Malur. 

On Wednesday at around 11.30am, the RPF’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit were conducting checks on the Kaziranga Express that runs between Guwahati and Bengaluru, when it spotted 10 children aged between 10 and 15 years in a compartment without any adults accompanying them.

The children told the RPF personnel that they belonged to Araria district of Bihar and were going to Malur to continue their higher studies in a Madrasa there.  They also told the RPF that the person who brought them has gone to the ticket counter to buy tickets to Malur. 

Suspecting foul play, the RPF personnel took the children to the police station. On questioning, they told RPF Inspector Suresh that a person brought them there with the assurance of facilitating higher education in engineering and medical fields at a Madarasa in Malur. 

As no one turned up to pick up the boys, Inspector Suresh consulted the District Child Protection unit and handed them over to the Children Welfare Committee in KGF, where they have been provided shelter.