2 minor Assamese girls rescued from Howrah-bound train

Malda (WB), June 18

Two minor girls were rescued from the Kamrup Express here, a GRP official said.

Acting on information, a team of GRP personnel conducted a search in the Howrah-bound train and rescued the two girls, aged 12 and 13, from a compartment on Saturday.

The girls from Tinsukia district of Assam were being taken to Kolkata by an elderly woman, Indrani Sarkar, promising jobs, he said.

The 49-year-old woman was remanded to judicial custody by a court here on Sunday.

The rescued girls were taken to a government-run Home for Children. PTI