As many as 18 child labourers, including 15 girls, of Keonjhar district, who had gone missing for the last eight months, have been rescued from New Delhi.
According to reports, two brokers had taken the children from Nipo village in the district on the pretext of providing them work in Bhubaneswar, but the children were trafficked to Delhi.
The family members of the children had approached the district Collector with the matter. With combined efforts of the district administration, the Childline and police, the children were rescued finally.
The children were engaged in domestic work in some Delhi households, reports added. “A seven-member team was formed to rescue the children who were tortured and engaged in different parts of the national capital,” an official of the District Child Welfare Committee said.