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Jaipur: 235 child labourers rescued
The Rajasthan police have arrested 49 people involved in child trafficking and rescued 235 children employed in bangle manufacturing units of Jaipur.
The Rajasthan police have arrested 49 people involved in child trafficking and rescued 235 children employed in bangle manufacturing units of Jaipur.
On Saturday evening, a police team in Bharatpur rescued 168 children from Ajmer-Sealdah Express and arrested 39 people accompanying them. The children, employed earlier in Jaipur, were being taken to Kolkata as cheap labour.
Later, around 2 am, a team comprising Jaipur administration officials, social activists, and the railway police rescued 67 child labourers when they were about to board the Jaipur-Howrah Express. Ten people, believed to be middlemen, were arrested. All the rescued children are aged between 7 and 16 years and belong to Bihar and West Bengal. Most of the children, however, claimed they were travelling alone.
