Ranchi: Childline and Government Railway Police of Kanpur rescued five minor girls of Jharkhand from being trafficked on Friday night in a joint operation. The girls were rescued at Kanpur railway station from Sampark Kranti Express, which was heading towards Delhi.

Two of the five girls, belonged to Gumla while three were from Simdega, all between the 15 to 17 years of age. Dharmendra Kumar Ojha, counsellor at Kanpur Childline said, "The girls have been sent to Rajkiya Bal Grih (Balika), a government run shelter home at the child welfare committee."

Ojha said that during counselling the girls revealed that they were being taken to work as domestic helps. "They said they were promised Rs4,000 a month to work as domestic helps in Delhi. They also named a trafficker, Kishun, who was taking them," he said.

Another member of Childline, Richa Tiwary said that while families of the three girls have been traced, two families have still not been found. "We are not able to trace down the families of the two girls from Simdega. One of them belongs to Khijri Kuri Toli village and the other is from Baratoli village of Simdega," Tiwary said.

She further added that they would be contacting Jharkhand police soon to get help in taking the children back home.



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