Commission Chairperson lauds efficient citizen reporting
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Thursday said that it had facilitated the rescue operations of 331 child labourers in the year 2020-21 compared to 202 children in preceding three years.
Anurag Kundu, Chairperson of DCPCR, said the commission was able to conduct rescue operations due to efficient citizen reporting. He said that citizens need to be encouraged to report instances of child labour through DCPCR’s WhatsApp number. He added that DCPCR also has a scheme through which those reporting incidents were offered rewards.
The DCPCR said that the children belonged to different age groups and were rescued from factories, bakery units, and auto centre units, as well as residential colonies where they were working as domestic servants. They were produced before the Child Welfare Committees the same day, which conducted their social investigation to trace families for their restoration and reint
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Boy stabbed for confronting his sister’s stalkers; 3 held, 2 juveniles apprehended
By Mansoor| Published: 27th February 2021 11:28 pm IST Photo: Representational Image
New Delhi: A teenager was beaten up and stabbed for allegedly opposing a group of men who were stalking his sister and passing “indecent remarks” on her in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area, police said on Saturday.
Police said they have arrested three accused Kishan (20), Jishan (18) and Ritik (18) all residents of Govindpuri area, and apprehended two juveniles in connection with the incident.
The incident took place near the girl’s school on Friday, when she was returning home along with her 17-year-old brother after attending classes, they said.
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The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Sunday said that 11 children, who were working in hazardous conditions as bonded labourers in bakery units, machine units and auto centre units of Alipur here, have been rescued. The rescue came after conducting raids in seven places. One child was rescued from a residential place where he was working as a domestic help.
‘Mental trauma’
The DCPCR said the rescued children had been exposed to all kinds of physical and mental trauma, especially during the lockdown.
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Raids were conducted in seven places under the Samaypur Badli police station area on Friday.
NEW DELHI: Eleven boys, including an eight-year-old, working as bonded labourers were rescued from several places in north Delhi s Samaypur Badli area, a child rights body said on Sunday.
Raids were conducted in seven places under the Samaypur Badli police station area on Friday following reports of children working as labourers in hazardous conditions, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) said.
Eleven children were rescued during the operation, it added. These children were working in hazardous conditions as bonded labour in bakery units, kharat machine units and auto center units of Alipur area of North Delhi district. One child was rescued from a residential place where he was working as domestic help,” the DCPCR said in a statement.
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