Janakpur, Oct. 30 -- Sixteen Nepali children trafficked to India have been rescued and reunited with their families in Madhesh province. The children, aged between 7 and 14, included 14 boys and two girls from Dhanusha, Mahottari, Siraha, Saptari and Rautahat districts.

Two of the boys, aged seven and nine, were lured from Saptari to Janakpur with promises of a train ride. "As soon as we got off the bus, they took us straight to the railway station," recalled the nine-year-old. "The train left immediately after we boarded. We had no idea where we were going."

According to Nabin Joshi, a social worker active against human trafficking, the children were rescued from different parts of Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bihar in coordination with the ...