A team of officials from the office of the Child Development Programme Officer along with personnel from Childline on Tuesday rescued two children from a house in Shaktinagar, where their parents were not in a position to move.
‘Helpless’
According to Gulabi R., in-charge Child Development Programme Officer (Mangaluru Urban), they received a call from a social activist in the area about the helpless state of six-year-old Manish, his younger brother Samant (4), and their grand mother.
Ms. Gulabi said Shrinivas (38), the father of the two children, who had returned after treating an aliment two days ago, turned unconscious after falling down on the floor. Their mother Mallika (32) was not in a position to help as she had been bed ridden for the last three days. Ms. Gulabi said she called Childline personnel and also the 108 ambulance in which Shrinivas and his wife Mallika were shifted to the Government Wenlock Hospital.
Moved to centre
The two boys were produced before the Child Welfare Committee, which sent them to the government-run centre for children.
