Shahjahanpur: Jawans of 39 Battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Monday afternoon rescued six Nepalese schoolchildren who were being trafficked to India at the Indo-Nepal border in Gaurifanta area of Lakhimpur Kheri district.Commandant in charge Sanjeev Kumar said, “Acting on intelligence inputs, SSB officials took the children into their custody when they were about to board a bus to Mathura. All the six children, aged 15 to 17 years, from Heartland school in Kathmandu (Nepal) were on the run without informing their parents after traffickers lured them of a good life and jobs in Pune. Traffickers had given money to these children to board a bus from Gaurifanta to Mathura. On Tuesday, they were supposed to board a train to Pune from Mathura.”Meanwhile, SSB officials have informed their parents, who are expected to arrive soon.SSB identified the rescued children as Rakesh Karki (15), Arjun Dabri (14), Pawan Rana (17), Sunny Shreshth (15), Sandeep Tamang (15) and Sujan Lama (15).According to SSB officials, the children told them that they met a man in Kathmandu who offered them good jobs in India and gave them money for travelling. They were told to reach Pune, where they would be working in a hotel at a handsome salary and would get free accommodation and food.Kumar said, “The children will be handed over to their parents after their identity is established. According to intelligence inputs, a large group of people has been involved in child trafficking, and we are gathering information about the people who brought these children to India.”Earlier, SSB had rescued a group of Nepalese woman who were being trafficked to India at the Indo-Nepal border.

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