Kochi: A pastor of a charitable trust in Perumbavoor was arrested for allegedly trafficking minor girls from Rajasthan to Kerala.
Independent Pentecostal Church pastor Jacob Varghese was arrested. He was produced before court and remanded.
Twelve minor were trafficked illegally. The intermediaries were arrested in Kozhikode yesterday, media reports said.
Their questioning led to the arrest of the pastor.
Four adults, including two parents, were booked.
The children were trafficked in Okha express.