Nepal, Aug. 22 -- Authorities on Wednesday rescued nine children from Namuna Pragatisil Mahila Samaj, an unregistered children's home, in Kalanki, Kathmandu, after receiving complaints that the children there were being treated poorly.

Police officials along with team members from the National Child Right Council and Children Search Coordination Centre found the nine children living in squalid conditions in a two-story house during the raid on Wednesday morning.

According to Mohan Bikram Dahal, inspector at the Children Search Coordination Centre, most of the children at the shelter home were from Kailali and Kalikot districts. The shelter's record shows there were 15 children living there, but officials only found nince. The other six ...