The same train was again searched when it reached Manmad station (Nashik), where the RPF 'rescued' 30 children who were travelling with four men Saddam Hussain Siddiqui, Noman Alam Siddiqui, Ezaj Ziyabbul Siddiqui (40) and Mohammed Shahnawaz Haroon (22) all from Bihar's Araria district.
The RPF claims that when enquired, the children and the five men said they were headed to Sangli and Pune, where the children were to be enrolled in madrasas.
The children were handed over to the GRP, and Mohammed Anjur Alam Mohammed Syed Ali, 34, a maulana from Sangli, who was accompanying them, was arrested.
The RPF claims that when enquired, the children and the five men said they were headed to Sangli and Pune, where the children were to be enrolled in madrasas.