Port Blair, Oct. 4: On receiving information that 62 boys and girls of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were stranded in Delhi upon being frauded by a fake company, Lt. General (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM, the Lt. Governor A & N Islands immediately ordered for rescuing them and to provide boarding and lodging facilities and to arrange their transportation back to the Islands. Consequently the Deputy Resident Commissioner, posted at Delhi swung into action and with the assistance of local police brought the 22 girls to Andaman Bhawan and arranged a hotel for the boys. In the mean time, administration has transferred sufficient money to the Resident Commissioner’s office at Delhi to meet out their expenses and efforts are being made to get a special coach in the train to bring them back via Chennai. The details of the rescued children are as under:
Sl.No Name Father’s name Resident of
1. Anup Topno Sukram Topno Hut Bay, Little Andaman
2. Rajes Kujur Late Philip Kujur Hut Bay, Little Andaman
3. Sukru Munda Bull Munda Hut Bay, Little Andaman
4. K Gopala Krishna K Kamaiah Hut Bay, Little Andaman
5. Sandeep Minj Tarcius Minj Hut Bay, Little Andaman
6. Ejranuthan John Tigga Hut Bay, Little Andaman
7. Wilson Xaxa Nirmal Xaxa Hut Bay, Little Andaman
8. Nehmisa Barla Lucas Barla Hut Bay, Little Andaman
9. Pratap Lakra Egnesh Lakra Hut Bay, Little Andaman
10. Babit Kanchan Topno Soma Topno Hut Bay, Little Andaman
11. Privank Dung Dung Cyril Dung Dung Hut Bay, Little Andaman
12. Ethris Guria Raju Guria Hut Bay, Little Andaman
13. Kishor Kerketta Samuel Kerketta Hut Bay, Little Andaman
14. K. Krishna Rao K. Appalnaidu Hut Bay, Little Andaman
15. G Appal Swamy Suryanarayana Hut Bay, Little Andaman
16. Ram Late Bona Munda Carbyns Chowk , Port Blair
17. Pradeep Lakra Habil Lakra Namuna Ghar, Port Blair
18. Sanjay Ram Kaleswar Ram Saitan Khari, Port Blair
19. Sajit Kr. Kerketta Anjor Kerketta Dolly Gunj, Port Blair
20. Duthy Katchap Shibu Katchap Dolly Gunj, Port Blair
21. Godwin Barla Paul Barla Dolly Gunj, Port Blair
22. Anand Kiro Alvis Kiro Dolly Gunj, Port Blair
23. Deepika Kinda Krestopher R.R. Station, Saitan Khari, Port Blair
24. Punit Poonam Ekka Yishudas Ekka Mitha Khari , Port Blair
25. Suralene Topno Sahay Topno Bahadur Line, Port Blair
26. Reshma Kerketta Alois Kerketta Muthura, Wimberly Gunj
27. Manju Kujur Late John Kujur Namuna Ghar, Port Blair
28. Preeti Sosan Kujur Late Pascal Kujur Garacharma, Port Blair
29. Chander Muni Birsa Kerketta Brookshabad, Port Blair
30. Mangri Sukra Uraon Brookshabad, Port Blair
31. Chariya Kumari Sukra Uraon Brookshabad, Port Blair
32. Rajni Pushpa Xalxo Silvester Xalxo Manar Ghat, Port Blair
33. Jaya Kumar Late Chaitu Majhi Manar Ghat, Port Blair
34. Manjula Bara W/o Fedrick Beck Webi, Mayabunder
35. Hemlata Xalxo Late Joachim Xalxo Bazar, Diglipur
36. Nikel Xalxo Late Joachim Xalxo Bazar, Diglipur
37. Mary Manju Toppo Nistor Toppo Kalara Jun, Diglipur
38. Salmi Tirkey Late Marcus Tirkey R K Gram, Diglipur
39. Joti Minj Pitter Minj Kishori Nagar, Diglipur
40. Lakkhan Bhavania Mangal Bhavania Kishori Nagar, Diglipur
41. Anand Kumar Ekka Lues Ekka Kishori Nagar, Diglipur
42. Anand Kumar Tirkey Rimish Tirkey Baratang, Middle Andaman
43. Rosita Xalxo Sulaiman Xalxo Baratang, Middle Andaman
44. Alphonse Panna Camil Panna Mayabunder
45. Mohit Kr, Beck Bernard Kr. Beck Mayabunder
46. Samir Sorang Egnesius Sorang Mayabunder
47. Vikas Tete Victor Tete Mayabunder
48. Johnson Kerketta Junas Kerketta Mayabunder
49. Joseph Kerketta Domnick Kerketta Mayabunder
50. Shabnam Mary Beck Bernard Kr. Beck Mayabunder
51. Christina Kujur Silbanus Kujur Mayabunder
52. Bishnath Ram Mangru Ram School Line, Port Blair
53. Pradeep Ekka Lazrus Ekka School Line, Port Blair
54. Arun Barla Tintus Barla Haddo, Port Blair
55. Abhinash Toppo Benzamine Toppo Manglutan, Port Blair
56. Dipak Kumar Minj Late Birsa Minj Hasmatabad, Port Blair
57. Jaiwant Pal Minj Bimal Minj Kodiyaghat, Port Blair
58. Mahadev Katchap Late Birsha Katchap Manglutang, Port Blair
59. Kuldeep Toppo Helarus Toppo Nayashahar, Port Blair
60. Dhananjoy Majumdar Deepak Majumdar Manglutang, Port Blair
61. Punnai Uraon Mangra Uraon Kadamtala, Middle Andaman
62. Bhagvani Patia Nag Dairy Farm, Port Blair
These children had been offered jobs by a company called M/s ANIX Group, Indrapuram from Uttar Pradesh and the children had paid forty thousand rupees each for the same. It was on reaching Delhi that these children came to know that the company had played a fraud with them and they reported the matter to the local Police at Gaziabad, which registered the case. The company’s MD, Animesh Chowdhuary and Ms Farhana Firdous resident of Haddo have reportedly been arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police. Based on the information so received FIR has also been registered at Port Blair.