23 trafficked children rescued in Capital city

In a joint operation by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and Delhi Police, as many as 23 children, including 17 girls, have been in northwest Delhi.

According to the officials, four people have been arrested in connection for running the alleged trafficking ring. The rescue operation took place at Shakur Basti area in on Tuesday night, said an official at the NCPCR. Seventeen girls and six boys — mostly from Bihar and Jharkhand, with some of them even from Bangladesh — were rescued, the official said.

The mental evaluation of the children will be done, following which they will be presented in front of the child welfare committee and then would be sent to shelter homes, he added.

To prevent children from being trafficked, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has mapped 20 of the most vulnerable police stations, which register the highest number of cases of child sexual abuse.

Officials of the panel said most of these 20 police stations fall in outer Delhi and comprise a large share of the migrant population. The 20 vulnerable police stations are Alipur, Ranhola, Narela, Jahangirpuri, Samaypur Badli, Aman Vihar, Bhalswa Dairy, Seelampur, Seemapuri, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Sangam Vihar, Shahbad Dairy, Nangloi, Vijay Nagar, Jaitpur, New Ashok Nagar, Karawal Nagar, Gokalpuri, Dabri and Khajuri Khas.