KRISHNAGIRI: Officials rescued 10 people, including four children, from bonded labour at a brick kiln in Madathanur in Krishnagiri district on Wednesday. Based on a confidential complaint, a team led by child labour commissioner V Sankar conducted a surprise inspection at the site. “During the raid, three men, three women and four children were freed…
‘Beaten with rods, pit bulls kept to scare us’, recall rescued labourers AGRA: Days after 12 bonded labourers were rescued from an alleged captivity racket inside a disposable bowls factory in Muzaffarnagar’s Mandi village, survivors told police and doctors that they were confined for months, beaten with iron rods and spear-like tools as ferocious pit…
Among the rescued were a couple who were admitted to a hospital following alleged assault Mysuru: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), led by its member-secretary and senior judge Nagaraj Siddappa Ankasadoddi, rescued 18 bonded labourers from a brick factory in Bevinahalli near Bannur on Monday. The DLSA conducted the joint operation with the Bannur…
A group of 39 bonded labourers from Chhattisgarh are finally free after a dramatic rescue CHENNAI: Thirty-nine bonded labourers, belonging to 15 families from Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district, were rescued from a goshala (cattle shelter) in Devandavakkam village of Tiruvallur district on Monday. The victims had been lured to the facility with false promises of good…
The rescued bonded labourers were sent to their native places from Hosapete railway station Hosapete (Vijayanagara): As many as 37 bonded labourers from Odisha, including 10 children, were rescued from Nandibandi village in Mariyammanahalli hobli on Thursday during a raid led by assistant commissioner Vivekanand.The operation was carried out based on information provided by Belagavi‑based…
