‘Trafficking' prevalent at madrassas, pathshalas

Chennai | Sunday | 15th July, 2018

Summary:

They were from poor families,” said a co-ordinator of Railway Childline. “We sent the child back home with him after checking their Aadhaar and ration cards,” said CWC member Sheila Charles Mohan. “When we asked teachers for their identity cards, they had none,” said a DCPU staff.The child was housed in an open shelter for three days. In Chennai, most of them had escaped from schools in Kodungaiyur, Adyar and Anna Nagar. “Orphanages have been reined in, but there is no monitoring mechanism for these institutions..