Uttar Pradesh: A tweet saves 26 minor girls from being trafficked

Varanasi | Saturday | 7th July, 2018

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"GRP and RPF rescued the girls and detained two men, one 55-year-old and the other 22-year-old, travelling with them," said SP (railway) Pushpanjali Devi. The SP said that earlier two RPF constables in plain clothes boarded the S5 coach from Kaptanganj railway station and escorted the girls to Gorakhpur.However, on Friday, the parents of rescued girls reached Gorakhpur and told police that they were travelling to Agra with their permission. GRP and RPF personnel rescued the girls after a passenger sent a tweet to official twitter handles of Union railway ministry and general manager of North Eastern Railways that a group of girls travelling with two men in S5 coach were looking 'uncomfortable'. Police are verifying the claims of the parents. I am traveling in Avadh express(19040)..