58 Nepali youths held hostage in India rescued

Kanchanpur, June 25: A Total of 58 Nepali youths who were taken to India with a false promise of employment and later held hostage have been rescued.

Among them, 23 were rescued from Rudrapur while 35 from Kaspur of Udhamsingh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, India. The rescue was carried out with the collective efforts of a civil society organisation, Kin Nepal/Kin India, the Nepali embassy in India, the Nepal Police, and the Indian police.

The rescued ones were brought back to Nepal via the western border point, Gaddachauki, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sagar Bohara, at the District Police Office, Kanchanpur. After receiving information that the youths taken to India for employment were made captives at home in Rudrapur and Kasipur, the civil society organisation, and security agencies from both countries took action.

DSP Bohara informed that the search for the persons luring the youths to a job and duping them was underway, along with further investigations. Among the rescued ones, 11 youths are from the Kailali and Doti districts of Sudurpaschim Province, while others are from Chitwan, Sunsari, Panchthar, Taplejung, Tehrathum, Dang, Banke, Syangja, Dhading, Kaski, Sarlahi, Rukum, Baglung, Ilam, and Rupandehi districts.