Overview
- Railway Protection Force officers rescued 21 children at Bapudham Motihari railway station in East Champaran, Bihar, on Sunday.
- Officers detained a suspected trafficker at the station during the operation.
- Officials said the rescue likely disrupted a potential child-trafficking attempt.
- An NGO assisted the rescue, and Government Railway Police sent the children for medical exams.
- Investigators are examining claims the children had been held in an unlicensed hostel presented as a place for education, with motive and any wider links still under review.