Six child labourers rescued from Ambala

Six child labourers were today rescued from a market in Ambala city by a joint team of district Child Protection Department and NGO officials.
Acting on a specific information, six children in the age group of 8 to 14 years from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, working as labourers at some shops in the grain market were rescued, District Child Protection Officer Megha Singla said.
These children had come to Ambala along with some of their relatives who had engaged them at the shops, the officer said.
The rescued children were taken to the civil hospital for medical examination and later shifted to a shelter home in Ambala Cantonment, Singla said, adding their parents have been informed.