68 child labourers from Bihar, Nepal rescued

City police have rescued 68 child labourers from Bihar and Nepal who were forcibly employed at bag making units near here and arrested seven persons in connection with the case.
Raids were conducted at four places along with NGO called Justice & Care, yesterday on receiving compliant that children from other states were being forcefully employed without providing any basic amenities, City Crime Branch (CCB) said.
Seven persons - four from Bihar, two from Nepal and one from Bangalore - have been arrested and cases registered against them under Child Labour Act, Juvenile Justice Act, Bonded Labour Act and Right to Education Act.

Search is on to arrest 13 other accused involved in the case, currently in hiding, they said in a statement.
CCB officials said the accused are said to have brought children between 10 to 18 age group from Bihar and Nepal after paying minimum amount of money to their parents some months ago, and they were forced to work from 9 am to midnight.
The children were made to live in inhumane working conditions without any basic amenities like proper food and toilet facilities and no proper remuneration was paid to them, the statement said.