There are 3,000 child soldiers in India

May 16, 2013 23:33

A report released last week by the New Delhibased Asian Centre for Human Rights found that there are currently as many as 3,000 child soldiers in India.

"The recruitment of child soldiers is rampant, and hundreds of children remain involved in the conflicts," the report says.

The ACHR findings suggest that the problem is particularly severe in India's long-running Maoist insurgency, but that children have also been recruited by insurgent groups in Jammu and Kashmir and parts of northeast India like Manipur, where separatist groups have clashed with Indian forces for decades.

"In certain areas in eastern India, it is mandatory for families to give at least one of their children to Maoist rebels," says Suhas Chakma, director of the ACHR.

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