95 Children 'Illegally' Being Taken From Bihar To UP, Rescued In Ayodhya

Around 95 children who were allegedly being taken from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh illegally were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh Child Commission on Friday.

According to the Chairperson of the Ayodhya Child Welfare Committee, Sarvesh Awasthi, the children were rescued by the CWC members after they received an information regarding the matter on Friday morning from UP Child Commission member Suchitra Chaturvedi.

The CWC chairperson said that the children who were rescued were between the age of 4-12.

In a conversation with ANI, Awasthi said, “At around 9 am, UP Child Commission member Suchitra Chaturvedi called and said that from Bihar, minor children are being transported to Saharanpur illegally and that they’re were in Gorakhpur and will go via Ayodhya. We rescued the children and they were given food and medical assistance.”

“Those people who brought the children had no consent letters from parents. Children are between the age of 4-12 and most of them said they didn’t know where they were being taken. Parents are being contacted and children will be handed over once they arrive. There were a total of 95 children”, he added.

Earlier, a group of children hailing from Bihar who were being sent to madrasas across states, were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission in Gorakhpur.

Taking note of the incident, the chairperson of the National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights, Priyank Kanoongo, shared the news of the children’s rescue in a post on X.

(with inputs from ANI)

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