Six tribal children of Jawadhu Hills rescued in Tiruvannamalai

They were being taken to work on cotton fields in Kallakuruchi by an agent

Six tribal children of the Jawadhu Hills were rescued by a Childline team in Tiruvannamalai on Sunday, barely a week after the rescue of four tribal children in the district. Interestingly, all these children are from the same village, Nammiyampattu, in the Polur taluk. Childline officials said they got an alert in the afternoon about six boys waiting with an agent at the Polur bus terminus. After informing officials of the District Child Protection Unit and the National Child Labour Project, a team, led by district coordinator A.R. Ashok, rushed to the bus terminus and spotted the children with Perumal, the agent. With the help of the Polur police, the team rescued all the six boys. However, Perumal escaped on seeing the team. “All the rescued boys are school students. They have been rehabilitated at the district reception house by the child welfare committee,” said S. Murugan, Project Director, Childline.