BHUBANESWAR: As many as 19
children from Orrisa were rescued from illegal confinement from a
children's home in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday night. The development came five days after the rescue of 18 kids from Kanyakumari district in the south Indian state, raising the total number of those saved so far to 37.
A four-member team from Odisha is camping in Tamil Nadu to bring back all the rescued children, director of social welfare (Odisha) Sujata R Karthikeyan said. They will probably arrive in Orrisa either on Thursday or Friday, after all formalities are completed there, she added.
The DSW told TOI on Wednesday that the 19 children could be rescued because of a tip-off from those freed earlier. The government is yet to zero in on the exact cause behind the trafficking and its route.
"The children told our team members that seven more kids were stuck in the home near Coimbatore from where they were shifted to the church in Kanyakumari district. The team alerted the district administration, which raided the home at Mettupalayam and saved 19 children. According to our information, it is being run by one Blessing Trust," Karthikeyan said.
"The 19 children are now in custody of the child welfare committee of Coimbatore. They will join the 18 children rescued earlier at the authorized home Saranalayam near Tirunelveli before being brought to Odisha," the DSW said. The children are mainly from Gajapati and Rayagada districts, she said.
The government is investigating whether these children were purchased or sent by their poor parents on the genuine belief that they will get better upbringing. But in any case, the trafficking is illegal and follow up will be done so that once returned, these children are not trafficked again, the DSW said.
A four-member team from Odisha is camping in Tamil Nadu to bring back all the rescued children, director of social welfare (Odisha) Sujata R Karthikeyan said. They will probably arrive in Orrisa either on Thursday or Friday, after all formalities are completed there, she added.
The DSW told TOI on Wednesday that the 19 children could be rescued because of a tip-off from those freed earlier. The government is yet to zero in on the exact cause behind the trafficking and its route.
"The children told our team members that seven more kids were stuck in the home near Coimbatore from where they were shifted to the church in Kanyakumari district. The team alerted the district administration, which raided the home at Mettupalayam and saved 19 children. According to our information, it is being run by one Blessing Trust," Karthikeyan said.
"The 19 children are now in custody of the child welfare committee of Coimbatore. They will join the 18 children rescued earlier at the authorized home Saranalayam near Tirunelveli before being brought to Odisha," the DSW said. The children are mainly from Gajapati and Rayagada districts, she said.
The government is investigating whether these children were purchased or sent by their poor parents on the genuine belief that they will get better upbringing. But in any case, the trafficking is illegal and follow up will be done so that once returned, these children are not trafficked again, the DSW said.
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