Bonded labourers rescued in Kancheepuram
5 years, 4 months ago

Bonded labourers rescued in Kancheepuram

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Eighteen bonded labourers belonging to five families, employed to work in a woodcutting unit at Palamthandalam, were rescued by revenue officials in Kancheepuram. Tahsildar Kanchana Mala said, “Based on a tip-off from an NGO that five families from Tamil Nadu were forced into slavery, the Kancheepuram revenue officials and the local police conducted a surprise inspection at the woodcutting unit in Erumaiyur. They were verbally and physically abused and the women also faced sexual harassment.” Officials from the revenue, rural development and representatives of International Justice Mission, an NGO, and the Released Bonded Labourer Association too accompanied the tahsildar in the operation. In a similar incident, four bonded labourers including two children were rescued from a brick kiln at Perumapatti village, Pudukkottai by the, Pudukkottai RDO today.

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Nine Freed from Bonded Labour in Mancherial Brick Kiln
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Nine Freed from Bonded Labour in Mancherial Brick Kiln

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A team led by the District Legal Services Authority of Mancherial, in collaboration with local police, rescued nine people, including three children, from bonded labour conditions in a brick kiln at Indhanpalle village of Janaram block in Adilabad. The families were lured from Balangir district in Odisha a month ago with false promises of Rs 40,000 per family for …

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm

Hindustan Times  

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Survivors of bonded labour in Maharashtra: unshackled, yet the scars run deep
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Survivors of bonded labour in Maharashtra: unshackled, yet the scars run deep

The Hindu  

On a warm morning in March, 100-odd residents of Manavseva Project, a shelter home at Arangaon, 11 km from Ahmednagar town in western Maharashtra, are out in the open, basking in the bright sunshine after breakfast. Police Inspector Sanjay Thenge, who joined the Belvandi police station in 2023, says the prevalence of bonded labour in the district’s Shrigonda taluka came …

Hassan: 24 bonded labourers rescued? Officials doubt NGO's claim
5 years, 11 months ago

Hassan: 24 bonded labourers rescued? Officials doubt NGO's claim

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan: A non-governmental organisation in Sakaleshpur has reportedly rescued 24 bonded labourers who were allegedly made to work in a brick kiln by its owner and also confined in the kiln for over six months though authorities claim it is not a case of bonded labour. “They include 5 couples, 10 children and four teenagers; they were trafficked by two …

Hassan:Police rescue 52 bonded labourers
6 years ago

Hassan:Police rescue 52 bonded labourers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan: They were beaten with sticks and forced to live in confinement with no contact with the outside world, but the ordeal of the 52 bonded labourers, who included women and children, at a coconut plantation in Savanakanahalli, Dudda hobli, Hassan taluk, ended Sunday night after a team led by Hassan SP Dr Prakash Gowda rescued them and arrested two …

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