3 Bihar children kept in shelter home with limbs tied

Three children from Bihar, who were brought here on the pretext of jobs and rescued from the railway station, were kept in a shelter home "with their limbs tied".

A video of the children in confinement also rocketed around the Internet and aired by TV news cahnnels.

The children, aged between 8 to 10, were promised jobs in Allahabad by a man in their village in Bihar's Begusarai district.

They were rescued from Allahabad junction by government- run Railway Childline and taken to a shelter home, where their limbs were tied after they tried to run away, senior officials said.

"The children in their statement to the magistrate concerned said Gulab Yadav had promised them jobs that could fetch them up to Rs 6,000 a month.

"On the magistrate's directions, they were taken to the Kalyan Seva Samiti shelter home in Phaphamau," Additional District Magistrate (City), Allahabad, Punit Shukla told

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