By Arun Ram
Chennai, Feb 12 : Seventy-four girls in the 7-12 age group brought from Manipur and Assam to Tamil Nadu by child traffickers have gone missing.
Police personnel and child welfare committee members stumbled upon this information while interviewing 76 children 53 from Manipur and 23 from Assam rescued from Bethesda Blessing , an unauthorized home in Kuzhithurai, Kanyakumari district, on January 24.
A police team from Kanyakumari has gone to Bangalore , where the children are believed to be in captivity.
Investigating officers told Times Of India that the girls had been taken to Bangalore before the raid at Kuzhithurai. A Manipur native called Paul had brought 150 children from Manipur and Assam to Chennai in 2007, and they were kept here till 2009.
The boys, numbering 76, were taken to a place on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram and then to Kanyakumari by a person called Saji. We have reports that the 74 girls were taken to Bangalore, P Kannappan, DIG, Kanyakumari, said.
Trip To Trouble
150 boys and girls from Manipur, Assam brought to Chennai in 2007 76 boys were rescued from Kanyakumari district on January 24, 2010 74 girls were reportedly taken to Bangalore in 2009, say police.
via The Times of India
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