However, as yet there has been no response from the Government of Tamil Nadu to an official query from the Government of Manipur’s social welfare department, requesting early and safe return of the children to join their parents, according to a reliable source.
The source further maintained that the complete documents required in the transfer of the children back home was sent by social welfare department, to the department of social defence, Tamil Nadu on January 25 seeking its help to protect the children and release them with proper care.
But on account of Republic Day no response has come up from the Government of Tamil Nadu yet.
Meanwhile, it is confirmed that two people were the main culprits behind the trafficking of children. They have since been arrested by CID, Tamil Nadu and both of them belong to Manipur. They are identified as Rakesh, 25 and J. Hero Samom alias Herojit Samom.
Two more people who were accomplices in the trafficking, namely Imanuel and Christopher, are now in hiding.
Both of them were also identified as actively involved in the crime as per the confessions of the two already arrested.
It may be recalled, a total of 54 boys from Manipur together with 22 more from Assam were rescued from various unauthorized children homes located in Tamil Nadu few days back.
They are now kept in a safer place under the protection of concern districts CWCs, Tamil Nadu.
The Child Line, Manipur, Child Welfare Committees of Manipur and other organizations who work for the welfare of children have approached the Government of Tamil Nadu and also pressurized their counterparts in the state to protect the children and to complete all the formalities to send back to Manipur at the soonest.
In the meantime, around six parents whose children were among the 17 Manipuri children rescued in Chennai, have approached the social welfare department seeking help in bringing back their children safely in the state.
Two parents are said to have already headed to Chennai.
Mention may be made that children from Manipur have earlier been also found trafficked to southern parts of India and South East Asian countries like Singapore.
According to a report in 2007 a total number of five children belonging to Tamenglong and Senapati District of Manipur were taken to Singapore and later rescued. In 2008 a pastor took away 22 children from Chandel District in Chennai and kept them in an unauthorized children home where they were harassed and tortured.
In 2009 16 children from Bishnupur district were transported to Chennai by a local pastor and in the same year in July a total of 25 children were rescued from West Bengal from where they were to be trafficked abroad.
Again in 2009 August, five children were rescued from Singapore.
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