The railway police rescued 11 teen girls of Athagarh and neighbouring Dhenkanal at Ghantikhal station here on Wednesday morning, when they were waiting for a Bhubaneswar-bound train to reach the State capital and then, move to Chennai from there through two brokers. Brokers Sahadev Sahoo and Kuni Patra were arrested.
While six girls from laxminarayanpur village under Dhaipur panchayat in Athagarh were handed over to their parents, the rest were sent to Dhenkanal in police custody.
The Athagarh girls were identified as Saraswati Ghadei (15), Prasanti Pradhan (17), laxmi Ghadei (17), Basanti Pradhan (15), lalita Dehury (15) and Runi Behera (15). The Dhenkanal girls were Sasmita Dehury, Namina Dehury, Menaka Dehury, Rosna Dehury and Basanti Dehury.