200 child labourers rescued in Hyderabad

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Source: Times Of India

Jan 24, 2015, 08.52 AM IST

HYDERABAD: In a early morning raid on Saturday, Hyderabad police rescued more than 200 child labourers in the Bhavani Nagar area of the city.

As per TV reports, the police informed that they have arrested 10 people who reportedly brought the children from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar after paying money to their parents.

The children were kept in an unhygienic condition and some even had untreated wounds, said the police.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/200-child-labourers-rescued-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/45999274.cms

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From NDTV:

January 24, 2015 08:45 IST

200 Child Labourers Rescued by Hyderabad Police in Early Morning Raids

Hyderabad: More than 200 children, some as young as 6, working as bonded labourer were rescued by the Hyderabad police in an early morning raid in the Bhavani Nagar area on Saturday.

10 people have been arrested, among them Yasin Pehelwan, a muscleman, who reportedly brought the children after paying money to their parents, the police said.

The children were brought from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar after paying around Rs. 20,000 to their parents and virtually held captive in a building, the police said. They were used for bangle-making, and leather and other hazardous works.

At least 500 policemen were involved in the raids which were carried out at multiple locations in Hyderabad. The police said that the raids were meant to look for illegal financiers and history-sheeters but they stumbled on these children, quite unexpectedly.

Link: http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/200-child-labourers-rescued-by-hyderabad-police-in-early-morning-raids-653023

[840high]

1. kick - there's hope

[shenmue]

2. Lord have mercy

[BrotherIvan]

3. What corporation were they working for?

This should be exposed and boycotted whenever it happens.

[appalachiablue]

4. Bonded laborers, 6 years old, sold for 20,000 rupes by their parents, captives, hazardous work

Hard to grasp but ancient and vile as the humans who commit the crimes and create the conditions for this. Pure h-evil, human evil.

[MisterP]

5. I remember Iqbal Masih

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Masih

[appalachiablue]

6. Thank you for mentioning this. I just read about Iqbal, amazing, brave child in a harsh world.

I know several Indian and Pakistani people, have seen documentaries about brick kiln bonded laborers in Punjab on European news. One interviewed an owner who was well dressed, well spoken but a total liar about the condition of his workers. There is so much poverty and exploitation in those high population areas like elsewhere, misery and such misfortune.