Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the production of two adult women in a habeas corpus petition alleging that they were illegally confined by their father after voluntarily embracing Islam and expressing a desire to marry persons of their choice.Justice Sandeep Jain passed this order on the petition filed on behalf of Divya…
Daltonganj: A 25-year-old man was rescued from illegal confinement after being held captive for five days, allegedly by a labour supplier seeking to recover Rs 3 lakh he claimed was owed to him. The accused was arrested and sent to judicial custody, police said on Tuesday.Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said the victim, Upender Bhuiyan, 25,…
‘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…
Bonded labour release certificate was given to rescued labourers by principal district and sessions judge Usha Rani Mysuru: A day after 18 bonded labourers were rescued, Bannur police arrested three brick-kiln owners and remanded them in judicial custody.SP Mallikarjun Baladandi said Mahadeva, Girisha and Yathiraju were booked under provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition)…
Berhampur: Two labourers from Gajapati district, allegedly subjected to bonded labour and illegally confined in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati, were rescued through a joint operation by Gajapati and Tirupati police.The rescued men were identified as Santiel Karado, 54, and his son Gamliel Karado, 29, of R Udayagiri block. After returning home, they visited the SDPO office…
Ludhiana: A search is on for four girls who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in three separate incidents across the city.Police registered the first-iInformation reports (FIRs) on Thursday, deploying investigators to scan security footage and trace the minors.The first incident occurred on May 26, when a 13-year-old girl and her 16-year-old friend left a house to…
Kendrapada: Kendrapada SP on Wednesday started a probe into the alleged custodial torture of a mother–son duo by police officers of Talachua marine police station in Kendrapada district, two days ago. “I visited the police station to investigate the matter on Wednesday. The sub-divisional police officer, Pattamundai, Sukant Kumar Patra, has been directed to look…
The girl, originally from Sahibganj district in Jharkhand, was allegedly brought to Haryana through a trafficking network about four years ago. Gurgaon: A 23-year-old woman from Jharkhand, allegedly trafficked to Delhi and forced into domestic work for nearly four years, was rescued from a house in Sector 40 on Friday.The rescue operation was carried out…
Members of Karnataka Gruha Karmika Vedike and Karnataka Domestic Workers protest, demanding comprehensive legislation for domestic workers at Freedom Park in Bengaluru Bengaluru: The revised Karnataka Domestic Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026, has removed criminal provisions that were part of the earlier draft legislation.The updated bill, which was placed before the cabinet Thursday,…
Dumka: A 23-year-old woman from Sahibganj, allegedly missing for nearly four years, was rescued from a household in Gurugram on Thursday after intervention by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).The action followed a complaint by Delhi-based NGO Mission Mukti Foundation, alleging she was illegally confined and forced to work as domestic help under bonded labour-like…
