THRISSUR: Police caught a person indulged in trafficking of girls under 18 years of age. Nagendra, an Odisha native, brought 18 girls to Kerala using fake IDs.

In their statement to police, the girls said that they were brought to Kerala for working at nunneries. They were brought from Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The girls have been transferred to rescue homes. The police have started an investigation.