Police on Saturday night rescued as many as 28 child labourers, including 17 girls, who were being trafficked from Jitanaga village under Kadarpur panchayat in Bhadrak district to Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
Acting on a tipoff, the Rural police intercepted a bus at Jitanaga village at late night and rescued the children from it. The cops also detained a middlewoman and her husband Mandardhar Pati of Jitanaga village in this connection. The children hailing from Baleswar, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts were being trafficked to Vijayawada of the neighbouring State to work as labourers. After rescuing them, the police took them to a Swadhar Home and later called up their family members.