Overview
- Railway police rescued 27 people at Soro station on Saturday, including 19 minors, after the group traveled from Kaptipada in Mayurbhanj to board a train to Angul.
- Railway staff raised an alert when they saw many children with only two handlers, prompting officers to intercept the group at the platform.
- Two men who led the trip are detained for questioning after giving an explanation about a three-day education camp that police found inconsistent, and no arrests have been announced.
- The children are now under the care of Childline and a Balasore child care center for counselling and to verify identities and home addresses.
- Police are recording statements and examining whether trafficking or conversion-linked activity was planned, including any role by an organised network.