Four minor boys were rescued by the Pakur district police from Uttar Pradesh and a man was arrested on charges of human trafficking, the police today said.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Pakur), Kaushal Kishore said four minor boys who were taken to Uttar Pradesh recently, were rescued and brought back after the arrest of one Sunil Paharia.
Based on the leads provided by Paharia during the course of his interrogation, a police team from Pakur rushed to Uttar Pradesh and rescued the children, Kishore told reporters here.
Kishore said the boys were engaged to work in sugarcane fields at Ramala and Lubh villages in Bagpat district of Uttar Pradesh.
The police were acting on a complaint lodged by one Raju Paharia at the Littipara police station on September 12 and the rescued boys were residents of Chota Chatkam village under Littipara police station area.
