95 children illegally being taken to Bihar from UP rescued in Ayodhya

The Uttar Pradesh Child Commission rescued 95 children who were allegedly being transported from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh illegally, on April 26.

Ayodhya Child Welfare Committee Chairperson Sarvesh Awasthi said, “At around 9 am, UP Child Commission member Suchitra Chaturvedi called and said that from Bihar, children were being transported to Saharanpur illegally and that they were in Gorakhpur and would go via Ayodhya. We rescued the children, and they were given food and medical assistance.”

Awasthi informed that the children rescued were between the age of 4-12, adding, “Those people who brought the children had no consent letters from parents. Children are between the age of 4-12 and most of them said they didn't know where they were being taken. Parents are being contacted and children will be handed over once they arrive. There was a total of 95 children.”

Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission in Gorakhpur had rescued a group of children from Bihar who were being sent to madrasas across states.

The children were rescued by the state children's panel on orders from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

Priyank Kanoongo, Chairperson National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights wrote on X, ““Innocent children who were being sent to madrasas in other states from Bihar have been rescued in Gorakhpur with the help of Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission on the instructions of @NCPCR.”

“The Constitution of India has given the right to education to every child. It is compulsory for every child to go to school. In such a situation, taking poor children to other states and keeping them in madrasas to earn donations on the basis of religion is a violation of the Constitution,” he further added.