Sixteen child labourers, including five girls were rescued by a joint team of Childline and Bodhaghat police from New Bus Stand here the other day. The rescued children, according to sources were aged between 15 to 17 and belonged to lohandiguda block.
They were rescued from the New Bus Stand while they were waiting for a bus on their way to Andhra Pradesh. The joint team reached the spot following information about the their presence at the bus stand and took them into custody.
The team, however, could not nab the labour Contractor who brought them there as he managed to escape from the spot. The children were handed over to the Child Protection Commission, which sources said would hand over the children to their respective families upon further investigation.