Police rescues eleven children, arrests three

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 19:00 [IST]

Mumbai, Mar 14 (UNI) As many as eleven children were rescued from a Jari factory in Shivaji Nagar and its three owners arrested today from Govandi in eastern suburbs, in a joint operation by city police and Pratham, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO).

The activists of Pratham had received information about the children enganged in the Jari factory in Shivaji Nagar. With the help of local police, a raid was conducted at around 1300 hours today and 11 children were rescued and sent to remand home, police said.

The children hailed from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, police added.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-MAH-CHILD LABOUR

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