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Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Forty eight children -- 35 boys and 13 girls -- were rescued from two factories in Jalandhar city in Punjab, a government spokesman said on Saturday.
A first information report was registered against the owners of both the factories under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016.
The minors have since been accommodated at a children's home in Hoshiarpur town and quarantined as per the Covid-19 protocols, he added.
--IANS
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