The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Central Railway and the Maharashtra police on Wednesday rescued 59 children from alleged human traffickers by conducting an operation on a Bihar-Pune train, and arrested five accused, officials told the PTI on Saturday.

These children were rescued from Danapur-Pune Special express train at Bhusawal and Manmad, located in Jalgaon and Nashik districts, respectively, in Maharashtra, they said.