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As galore arsenic 34 bonded labourers, including six kid labourers, were rescued by officials of the Bagalkot territory medication during a caller operation.
The squad led by Deputy Commissioner Sangappa, territory Labour Welfare serviceman Ramesh and constabulary personnel, rescued 34 bonded labourers, each hailing from Odisha, from a ceramic kiln successful the district.
The labourers were held captive astatine the kiln since November 2025. The workers, including the children, were forced to enactment implicit 16 hours a time with hardly immoderate breaks. They were not allowed to spell retired of the kiln arsenic a family.
While being exploited, the bonded labourers ne'er received the wages promised to them, Susheela, manager of the NGO Spandana, said successful a release.
The idiosyncratic who employed them was absconding, taking distant the Aadhaar cards of the victims. The constabulary registered an FIR based connected a complaint, the merchandise said.
They were promised ₹20,000 to ₹30,000 but got lone astir ₹8,000. The victims said that the kiln proprietor and his lad had abused them physically and verbally.
The rescued workers were presently lodged successful a authorities hostel and would beryllium sent backmost to their autochthonal colony aft formalities were being carried out.
Since December 2025, 99 individuals person been rescued from bondage successful Bagalkot District from 3 ceramic kilns and 1 sugarcane farm. This twelvemonth marks the 50th twelvemonth of passing of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, the merchandise said.
