Bihar shocker: 3 rescued kids from shelter home were kept with their limbs tied

Three Bihar children, brought on the pretext of jobs, were rescued from the railway station and kept in a shelter home 'with their limbs tied'.

A video of the children in confinement also rocketed around the Internet and aired by TV news cahnnels.

The children, aged between 8 to 10, were promised jobs in Allahabad by a man in their village in Bihar's Begusarai district. They were rescued from Allahabad junction by government-run Railway Childl ine and taken to a shelter home, where their limbs were tied after they tried to run away, senior officials said.

"The children in their statement to the magistrate concerned said Gulab Yadav had promised them jobs that could fetch them up to Rs 6,000 a month.

"On the magistrate's directions, they were taken to the Kalyan Seva Samiti shelter home in Phaphamau," Additional District Magistrate (City), Allahabad, Punit Shukla told PTI.

"They were ordered to be kept there till their family members arrived to take them back. However, the children got agitated and hit some staff members on being stopped from running away," Shukla said.

#WACTH: Hands and legs of 3 children's tied at a shelter home in Allahabad's Phaphamau, after they started fighting with the staffs (May 25) pic.twitter.com/jKuxHhEWJW

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"The staff members of the shelter home have admitted to tying the children with pieces of cloth, but only for a few minutes and as a desperate measure.

"Nevertheless, it is an offence and those responsible are likely to face punishment. The district probation officer has also recommended the removal of the shelter home's superintendent," the ADM said.

Shukla also took exception to an NGO having shot a video of the children, which was shared on social media and aired by a number of news channels.

"As per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection ofChildren) Act, clicking photographs and shooting videos inside a shelter home is strictly prohibited.

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"Even if the NGO had flouted the rules with a bonafide intention, it should have shared the video with the officials concerned only. The people involved in the exercise, too, may face punishment as per law," he said.