Child Trafficking Now Under Kerala Crime Branch

The Recent Shocking Child Trafficking case in Kerala where more than 400 children were rescued , five-member team of senior labour officers from Jharkhand confirmed that 589 children brought to Palakkad last week from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal.

Kerala Police on Monday formed a special investigation team of its Crime Branch wing to unravel the mystery shrouding the whole incident.Crime Branch Dy.SP P. Sudhakaran will lead the team that would take over the case from the Palakkad unit of the Railway Police. Palakkad Superintendent of Police P. Vijayan will supervise the probe.

Meanwhile, the Jharkhand officials continued their interaction with Kerala officials on Monday about the future of the detained children. A final decision on whether and how the children should be taken back to Jharkhand would be taken after Jharkhand Labour Commissioner Maneesh Rangan reaching Palakkad on Tuesday. Teams of officials from Bihar and West Bengal are also expected to join the probe in the coming few days, they said.

The first batch that reached Palakkad by the Patna-Ernakulam express on May 24 comprised 466 children from Bihar and Jharkhand. The second batch of 123 children came from West Bengal and was detained when they reached the station by the Guwahati- Thiruvananthapuram express.

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