A team of activists from of Child Line, the child rights organisation, along with help from the police rescued the children, aged between 8 and 15 years and engaged in child labour, from various shops in Majgaon locality yesterday.
The children have been sent to a home at Ulubari here and will be produced before their parents at the Child Welfare Commission at Amingaon, Child Line spokesman Utpal Borah said.
The children will be handed over to their parents after due verification process, Borah added.