Kochi: Ten children from Bihar have been rescued here and three persons arrested in this connection, police said Wednesday.
The children, who were rescued from various parts of the city, were aged between 10-12 and were engaged in selling toys on the roadside and handicraft items, police said.
The three accused -- Jiteshwar (25), Biki Kumar (21) and Mohammed (30) -- were produced before a local court and remanded.
The children, who do not have even basic education, had been brought to the city with a promise that they would be sent to schools, police said.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 16:17