Police rescues eleven children, arrests three

Mumbai, Mar 14 (UNI) As many as eleven children were rescued from a Jari factory in Shivaji Nagar and its three owners arrested today from Govandi in eastern suburbs, in a joint operation by city police and Pratham, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO).

The activists of Pratham had received information about the children enganged in the Jari factory in Shivaji Nagar. With the help of local police, a raid was conducted at around 1300 hours today and 11 children were rescued and sent to remand home, police said.

The children hailed from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, police added.

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