No children from Tamil Nadu were trafficked abroad from Mumbai, the state government submitted in the Madras High Court Monday, citing a special team's visit to various shelters in Maharashtra's capital city. The government, filing its status report in connection with a batch of petitions on child trafficking before a division bench, comprising justices M Sathyanarayanan and N Seshasayee, refuted claims in a section of the media that 300 children of Tamil Nadu were trafficked.

Months ago, a boy hailing from a village near Tirutani in Tiruvallur district had gone to Mumbai and he was traced to a children's home in that city and handed over to his parents, the report said. Subsequently, this month when he came to Mumbai on his own, he was rescued again and handed over to his parents, it added. Citing a special team's visit to Mumbai with the assistance of the Versova police station personnel, the report said an inquiry revealed that children from Gujarat were trafficked to America.