Berhampur (Orissa), Apr 20 2010 At least five girls, two of them minors, were rescued from riot-hit Kandhamal district while being allegedly trafficked to other states, police said.
The girls, hailing from Manajodi village under Daringibadi block, were spotted by the volunteers of 'Childline', an NGO, at the railway station here last night, GRP said.
"The girls were later lodged in Utkal Balashram. They would be handed over to their parents in presence of the police tomorrow," director of Childline (Berhampur) Sudhir Sabat said here.
He said the rescued girls initially tried to hide their identity. The girls, however, admitted that they were being trafficked.
The police had last month arrested three persons, including a couple, while they were allegedly trafficking minor tribal girls from Daringibadi block.
Members of the NGO had also rescued at least a dozen girls from the railway station here on January 23, while they being trafficked to Kerala.
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