IMPHAL: Manipur police rescued seven children of Meghalaya from among twelve minors from the clutches of human traffickers in Thoubal district of Manipur. The five boys and two girls (aged between 6 to 13) were handed over to their families by the State Social Welfare Department on Tuesday.
The repatriation followed soon after WK Blah, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Meghalaya and the Child Welfare Committee, Thoubal signed an agreement.
The children were rescued by Thoubal police at a police check-post from a private vehicle in which they were travelling. The vehicle was heading for Moreh in the Chandel district of Manipur.
The repatriation function was attended by the state Social Welfare department’s Deputy Director Surrender A Sishak, Probation Officer K Saroja Devi, Child Welfare Officer N Binobala and representatives of Child Welfare Committee, Meghalaya, Child Welfare Committee, Thoubal and parents of the children. (NNN)