A 57-year-old principal and one of his female colleagues at a central government school in Bankura and six others were arrested on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in a child trafficking racket.
“We have arrested the principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, along with seven others, including a female teacher and her husband, in the child trafficking case. We have rescued five children and sent them to a government home,” said Dhritiman Sarkar, the Bankura police chief.
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The police rescued three girls and two boys, aged between nine months and six years, from the custody of the principal.
On Monday, a Bankura court sent principal Kamal Kumar Rajoria and two others to police custody for five days. The five others were remanded in jail custody.