Teenage boy rescued from bonded labour

Nagpur: Nagpur city police on Monday rescued a teenage boy who was working for 12 hours a day at Sunder biscuit factory on Koradi road. Cops booked the company owner, manager and a labour contractor under the charges of abduction and unlawful compulsory labour.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team formed by labour officer Pavan Chavan raided the factory and rescued the boy. He was made to work in inhuman conditions for long hours at the factory. The boy then lodged a complaint at Koradi police.
Subsequently, the Koradi police booked the company owner Vikram Sethiya, manager Jitendra Meshram and labour contractor Santosh Prajapati under Sections 370 (abduction) and 374 (unlawful compulsory labour) of the IPC. No arrests have been made so far. TNN