95 children illegally being taken to Bihar from Uttar Pradesh rescued

Mangalore Today News Network

Uthar Pradesh, April 27, 2024: As many as 95 children who were allegedly being transported from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh illegally were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh Child Commission on Friday.

"At around 9 am, UP Child Commission member Suchitra Chaturvedi called and said that from Bihar, children were being transported to Saharanpur illegally and that they were in Gorakhpur and would go via Ayodhya. We rescued the children, and they were given food and medical assistance," Ayodhya Child Welfare Committee Chairperson Sarvesh Awasthi said.

He said that the children who were rescued were between the age of 4-12.

"Those people who brought the children had no consent letters from parents. Children are between the age of 4-12 and most of them said they didn’t know where they were being taken. Parents are being contacted and children will be handed over once they arrive. There were a total of 95 children", the CWC Chairperson said.

Earlier, a group of children from Bihar, being sent to madrasas across states, were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission in Gorakhpur.

The children were rescued by the state children’s panel on orders from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

"Innocent children who were being sent to madrasas in other states from Bihar have been rescued in Gorakhpur with the help of Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission on the instructions of @NCPCR," Priyank Kanoongo,Chairperson National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights, wrote on X.

"The Constitution of India has given the right to education to every child. It is compulsory for every child to go to school. In such a situation, taking poor children to other states and keeping them in madrasas to earn donations on the basis of religion is a violation of the Constitution," he added.

 

Courtesy: Deccan Herald