Freeing 3 young children from child labor

Patiala District Child Protection Officer raids shops

News Patiala: 21 June 2022

District Child Protection Officer Ranjit Kaur raided three shops.  Local Bus Stand Road in connection with child labor and freed three minors from child labor.

As per information, Child Welfare Committee member Jaswinder Kaur under the leadership of District Child Protection Officer Ranjit Kaur, Dr. Naresh Bansal, Master Shiv Kumar, Master Manoj Kumar, and the police party raided the shops on the local bus stand road.

 The challans of three shops which were employing small children. These include the owner of juice shops, grocery stores, and dairy owners. Ranjit Kaur said it was illegal for a child under the age of 18 to do such work. He also said that efforts would be made to send the children to school. Although the department has taken this action after a long time,