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Article

19 Feb 2012

Author:
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad, Times of India

Police rescue 17 bonded labourers in Araria dist [India]

The Araria police ripped off the underbelly of a big racket in bonded labour and their physical exploitation when 17 bonded labourers, including six women…were rescued from a brick kiln at Matiari…The rescued bonded workers included minor boys and girls. Besides being forced to work at the brick kiln…quite a few of the girls were...sexually abused allegedly by the brick kiln bosses, often at gunpoint, police said…The Araria SP…said the rescued labourers…had been lured and brought here on promise of hefty payment and perks by an agent…