17 girls forced to dance in orchestra groups rescued in Bihar, five detained
Saran (Bihar)(PTI): The police rescued 17 girls, who were forced to dance in orchestra groups, during a search operation at various locations in Bihar's Saran district, a senior officer said on Saturday.
Five orchestra operators were detained in this connection, a senior officer said.
Among the rescued minors, eight are residents of West Bengal, four are from Odisha, two each from Jharkhand and Delhi and one from Bihar, he said.
Talking to reporters, Saran SP Kumar Ashish said, "After a letter was received from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), members of several NGOs along with the local police conducted raids at Mashrakh, Panapur and Ishuapur, and rescued 17 girls, who were forced to dance in orchestra groups."
The raids were conducted on Thursday and Friday, the SP said, adding that the police have also informed family members of all rescued girls.
"The police have detained five orchestra operators in this connection, and they are being examined. A case has been registered and the investigation is underway," he said.
The police have so far rescued 162 girls, who were forced to dance in orchestra groups, since May 2024 and registered 21 FIRs against 56 people, the SP said.
According to a member of the team engaged in the raids, rescued girls told the police that the orchestra operators promised them to work in music albums.
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LIVE | Election Results of five states 2026
New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in five states that have captured the attention of people across the country.
The counting of votes for the Assembly constituencies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry will begin simultaneously at 8 am, and the fate of candidates in a total of 824 constituencies will be decided shortly.
The counting of postal ballots will take place first, followed by the counting of EVM votes in several rounds.
- Bhupen Borah, who recently left Congress and joined the BJP, is leading in Assam’s Bihpuria constituency
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is leading in Jalukabari constituency
- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is leading in West Bengal’s Nandigram constituencyFive-state elections: Postal vote counting begins
- TMC, BJP lead in one seat each in West Bengal
- In Tamil Nadu, DMK leads in 3 constituencies, while TVK leads in 1
- UDF leads in 5 seats in Kerala, BJP in 1, LDF in 1
- BJP leads in 2 seats, AIUDF in 1 in Assam
- AINRC leads in 1 constituency in Puducherry
- TMC leads in 5 seats in West Bengal; Mamata Banerjee’s party maintains initial lead
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin leads in Kolathur
- BJP takes early lead in Assam
- Congress-led UDF leads in Kerala
- In Tamil Nadu, TVK chief Vijay leads in the Perambur constituency, lags in Tiruchirappalli South
- BJP leads in 10 seats in Assam
- LDF candidate V.P.P. Mustafa leads in the Thrikkaripur Assembly constituency
- Out of 294 seats in West Bengal, BJP is leading in 14 seats, TMC in 12 seats, Congress in 2 seats
- Out of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, DMK is leading in 15 seats, AIADMK is leading in 5 seats, TVK is leading in 2 seats
- Out of 126 seats in Assam, BJP is leading in 31 seats, Congress in 4 seats, AIUDF in 2 seats.
- Out of 30 seats in Puducherry, NRC+ is leading in 3 seats, Congress in 2 seats, TVK in 1 seat.
- Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury suffers a setback in theBerhampore constituency in West Bengal.
