A child labourer's hand was allegedly crushed by his employer in Karnataka for not working properly in a brick kiln, police said.
The 12-year-old victim, Sushant, might lose his left hand. He and his parents were working in a brick kiln in Karnataka, police said.
According to a complaint filed with the police, Sushant had migrated with his parents to the Gulbarga area of Karnataka in the month of October to work in a brick kiln.
The middlemen who sent the family to Karnataka have been identified as Mohan Meher of Bagalabandh village and Bhutulu Behera of Tikrapara village, police said.
As the family didn't get their assured amount, Sushant stopped work. This angered Lacchman Naik, the owner of the kiln who allegedly beat up the boy with an iron rod in the month of November. The boy sustained severe fracture in the hand.
"The owner didn't allow any treatment of my son. Now he might lose his hand," Santosh, his father said.
Two months after the incident, the family was rescued by the Karnataka government and they reached here on January 12.
"The boy's hand is in a critical condition. If special care is not taken, the child may lose the hand," said Dr Antaram Meher, a senior orthopedic surgeon.
"The police will take action against the accused," Patnagarh SDPO Sunil Joshi said.
