Jamshedpur, Dec. 19 -- A special investigation team (SIT) of the West Singhbhum police and the district administration brought back six more minor boys from the Namo Buddha Meditation and Educational Institution in Nepal's Kathmandu, where they were allegedly trafficked on the pretext of good education but were forced into physical labour and subjected to stringent punishment, police said on Friday.

With this, the total number of minor boys returning or brought back from Nepal has risen to 12 out of the 27 children taken to the Nepal-based institution on November 11, 2025.

The matter came to light after two minor boys fled the Kathmandu institution and returned to their homes in Rangamati village under the Pandavir panchayat, located in...