A large number of children from Kupindedaha, Nigalchuli and Manjhkada of Salyan and Purandhara of Dang, who were being taken to India, were handed over to police and Children Welfare Committee, Salyan, under the initiative of the District Children Welfare Committee, Surkhet. [break]
Child Rights Officer at the District Children Welfare Committee, Surkhet, Rama Bhandari, said that the District Police Office and the District Children Welfare Committee, Salyan, have taken responsibility of the children on Sunday night. The children were sent from Surkhet on Sunday.
The rescued children will be handed over to their families, said Bhandari.
Police had taken the children along with the agents under control from Chhinchu of Surkhet on Friday night.
Among the children, 18 are boys and the remaining are girls and all of them are under the age of 18, said police.
Police have started investigation by arresting agents Suresh Roka Magar and Tek Roka Magar of Salyan.
Police said that the children will be handed over to their families from Monday.
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