India, May 13 -- Six of the 10 children who escaped from a child shelter home in Muzaffarpur's Narauli area have been traced, police said on Wednesday, even as action was initiated against seven staff members for alleged negligence in connection with the incident in Bihar.

Police said four children were found near a line hotel in Samastipur, while two others were traced to a relative's house in Siwan district. Efforts are underway to locate the remaining four children.

HT had reported on May 11 that around 10 children (aged between 11 and 12) had gone missing from a children's hostel run by the social welfare department in Narauli.

Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police Kantesh Mishra had constituted a special team under the leade...