6 minors rescued by police from child labour

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 06 2016 | 10:02 PM IST
A person was arrested for child labour and six minors from Bihar, working in an industrial unit in northwest Delhi were rescued by the police, police said today.
In a joint raid by police and members of an NGO, six minor children aged between 10 to 14 years who were engaged in assembling and packing of electric bulb holders in Rani Bagh were rescued yesterday, said Milind Mahadeo Dumbere, DCP(north west).
Contractor Yogender Paswan, hailing from Begusarai wo had employed the boys, has been arrested, he said.
The boys were produced before the Child Welfare Committee members at Kingsway Camp and later admitted to a shelter home for children at Mukat Asharam Nathupura.

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First Published: Oct 06 2016 | 10:02 PM IST

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