
RPF rescued 79 children from trafficking in Oct.
The Hindu
They have been handed over to NGOs
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the South Western Railway has earned plaudits for a series of intervention including rescuing 79 children from being trafficked in the month of October alone.
The RPF had launched Operation Nanhe Farishte to detect and prevent the trafficking of children and women passengers and 79 children including 62 boys and 17 girls were rescued during the month.
They have been handed over to various NGOs and to the police or reunited with their parents.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.