Bonded labour case points to a wide trafficking network
9 years, 9 months ago

Bonded labour case points to a wide trafficking network

The Hindu  

The recent raid on an agarbatti factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru, in which 107 labourers were rescued, points to a trafficking network that runs much deeper than what this specific case reveals. “We ate rice and watery cabbage sambhar that even pigs wouldn’t eat,” said Sakhicharan Soren from West Bengal. “We were beaten even if spoke much to each other,” he said.“We came with hopes,but going back empty handed,” said Devnath Porja from Assam. Sources in Kaggalipura police said it was a “clear case of trafficking with inter-State ramifications” with several agents involved.

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45 exploited Madhya Pradesh workers return after paying ‘recovery amount’
5 years, 2 months ago

45 exploited Madhya Pradesh workers return after paying ‘recovery amount’

The Hindu  

When 16-year-old Ajeet Kumar, a school dropout, left home for the first time to work — that too 1,100 km away in Maharashtra — he was certain he would return with enough to at least pay his younger brother’s school fee. “They told us they bought us for ₹4.5 lakh, and so we were indebted, had to work without protest …

Is bonded labour officially abolished?
8 years, 6 months ago

Is bonded labour officially abolished?

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: It has been 6 days since 20-year-old Tamilselvi, a mother of a three-month old baby, was rescued by the Coimbatore district administration. Revenue department officials from Coimbatore who rescued Tamilselvi on September 3 are now processing the financial help under the provisions of Bonded Labour System act, 1976. When the couple sought permission to go to the hospital, the …

Caught in a vicious cycle of bonded labour
9 years, 5 months ago

Caught in a vicious cycle of bonded labour

The Hindu  

The State of Karnataka in 2000 woke up to news about a certain medieval-era brutality being committed on bonded labourers, when the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha unearthed the case of five labourers being made to work throughout the day, enchained in shackles, in a quarry in Hangarahalli, near the historic town of Srirangapatna. “In fact the crime itself is morphing …

107 bonded labourers rescued
9 years, 9 months ago

107 bonded labourers rescued

The Hindu  

Over 100 persons, including five children, were rescued from “jail-like” conditions in an agarbatti factory at Kaggalipura, close to Kanakapura, on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. However, on enquiry, they found that 107 workers – mainly from West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Nepal – were forced to work there without proper payment. According to International Justice Mission, which …

118 bonded labourers rescued in TN
11 years, 7 months ago

118 bonded labourers rescued in TN

India TV News  

Chennai: More than 100 bonded labourers hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nadu have been rescued from 27 locations in Krishnagiri District during raids this week. Based on a National Human Rights Commission's notification to Krishnagiri district administration that there was a possibility of bonded labour cases in 27 places, a team led by Sub-Collector Parveen P Nair …

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