KANCHANPUR, Oct 15: Twenty-five children under the age of 10 who were being taken to Dehradun, India, to study Tibetan have been rescued at the Gaddachauki border crossing in Kanchanpur.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Tek Bahadur Rawat of the District Police Office, Kanchanpur, said India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) handed the children over to Nepal through its checkpoint in Banbasa.
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The children, who are from Simkot Rural Municipality-8 in Humla, are currently at the Area Police Office in Gaddachauki as police investigate the case.
Police said Panchabir Budha was taking the children to India. Further investigation is underway.
