20 children checked upon in operation against extremism
Four children were vaccinated and one child was removed from parents.
22 Dec 2019, 9:00 AM
The authorities checked upon 20 children from nine homes in an operation launched on Maduvvari island last week against a separatist extremist group that was depriving women and children of education and healthcare.
Four children were vaccinated after their parents were counselled and one child was removed from her home environment and placed in the care of an aunt, the ministry of gender, family and social services said in a statement on Saturday.
According to police, the girl was taken after her parents refused to vaccinate her or send her to school despite repeated advice by gender ministry officials.
A new child protection law enacted last month prohibits denying vaccination to children.
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