Four persons, who had been arrested for taking 14 minor girls to Andhra Pradesh by a Puri-Tirupti train on Wednesday, were sent to the Brahmapur Central Jail on Thursday. The Brahmpur Childline along with local Police had rescued the girls from the four persons after receiving a phone call from an unknown person. Since then, the girls have been kept in the Chile line Shelter Home on the direction of the District Child Welfare Committee.
The traffickers were identified as Balaram Barik of Dihibalarampur village under the Patkura PS in Kendrapada district, Bhanu Moharana of Khandagada village under Brahmagiri PS in Puri district, Sushama Pradhan of Ratingia village and Madhusmita Kunhar of Jhirimanga village under G Udayagiri PS in Kandhamal district. Meanwhile, the district administration has started initiative for rehabilitation of the rescued girls.