Railway Protection Force freed 8 minors from a trafficker at Gorakhpur railway station
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued eight children from a trafficker in the Amritsar-Jalandhar Janseva Express (14617) at Gorakhpur railway station, RPF sources said here on Friday.
RPF inspector Dr. Dashrath Prasad confirmed that following the input, a raid was conducted in coach number 171059/C of Janseva Express on Thursday evening and all the children were rescued.
He said that the project director of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Lalit Kumar Yadav, had filed a complaint with the GRP regarding the trafficking of children from the Purnia district of Bihar to Jalandhar for child labour.
The accused has been identified as Ghanshyam Pal, a resident of Kathotiya, under the Dhighri police station of Madehpura district of Bihar, he added.
An FIR has also been lodged.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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