New Delhi: Twelve children working as labourers in shoe and bag manufacturing factories were rescued from Nangloi area in West Delhi and five persons arrested, police said on Wednesday.
The children were rescued on Tuesday by a team of city police, SDM Punjabi Bagh, Child Labour Department and NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan.
Police arrested Avdesh Yadav, Pramod, Mujib Alip, Shahnoor Khan and Abdul Majid and registered a case under relevant sections of Child Labour Act and Juvenile Justice Act.
The rescued children were produced before the Delhi Child Welfare Committee, which sent them to Aradhya Shelter Home in Rohini for their rehabilitation, said police.
The children were rescued on Tuesday by a team of city police, SDM Punjabi Bagh, Child Labour Department and NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan.
Police arrested Avdesh Yadav, Pramod, Mujib Alip, Shahnoor Khan and Abdul Majid and registered a case under relevant sections of Child Labour Act and Juvenile Justice Act.
The rescued children were produced before the Delhi Child Welfare Committee, which sent them to Aradhya Shelter Home in Rohini for their rehabilitation, said police.
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