Officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation in India have reached Palakkad and started collecting evidence on the alleged trafficking of children to orphanages in Kerala from West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand, according to the article. The case came to the attention of authorities in May 2014 when 589 children arrived in two trains at the Palakkad Junction railway station from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Most of the children had no identification documents or train tickets.
