Overview
- The children were traced to Chitarpur in Ramgarh and recovered safe, with police arranging their return home.
- Two suspects, including a man and a woman, were arrested in Ramgarh, and police say the case may be tied to a wider interstate trafficking network.
- The rescue followed a 40-member SIT’s Operation Masoom, which analyzed over 5,000 mobile numbers and about 2,000 CCTV feeds, backed by a Rs 4 lakh reward and citywide posters.
- DGP Tadasha Mishra said more people could be involved as interrogations continue, with local reports identifying the arrested as residents of Aurangabad, Bihar.
- The NCPCR sought a report on the case as BJP-led protests escalated in Ranchi, and Chief Minister Hemant Soren praised the police and vowed a deeper crackdown.