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Crime
12 Children Rescued from Human Trafficking on Kalka Mail at Aligarh, Suspect Arrested
✍️ Amar Ujala · Bihar
🗓 01 Nov 2026, 10:01 PM
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Police freed twelve minors from Bihar’s Gaya district aboard the Kalka Mail at Aligarh station on Sunday, also detaining a suspected trafficker.
Police officials said that on Sunday evening a train numbered 12311, the Kalka Mail (also known as Netaji Express) traveling from Gaya in Bihar to Delhi, was stopped at Aligarh station in Uttar Pradesh. During the stop, law‑enforcement officers rescued twelve children who were suspected to be victims of a human‑trafficking operation. All the minors have been identified as residents of Gaya district, Bihar.
The children were found travelling without any adult guardians and were taken into protective custody. A suspect accompanying them was apprehended at the scene and handed over to the local police for further investigation.
Authorities have informed that the rescued minors will be placed under the care of child welfare services while the investigation into the trafficking network continues.
The children were found travelling without any adult guardians and were taken into protective custody. A suspect accompanying them was apprehended at the scene and handed over to the local police for further investigation.
Authorities have informed that the rescued minors will be placed under the care of child welfare services while the investigation into the trafficking network continues.