Bengaluru: Police detain 200 children on suspicion of trafficking
What's the story
Central crime branch along with railway police detained more than 200 children aged between 13-15 years at Bengaluru railway station.
The children had travelled to Bengaluru from Guwahati. A passenger had tipped off police about huge number of Bangladeshi children getting trafficked to Bengaluru.
After enquiries, police found out that they were students of Madrassas.
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