140 bonded labourers freed from brick kiln in UP

As many as 140 bonded labourers, including woman and children, were rescued from a brick kiln in Bhanwada village by the district authorities.

Acting on a complaint of bonded labourers being used in the brick kiln, a raid was conducted yesterday and 140 workers hailing from West Bengal were freed, Sub-divisional Magistrate J P Gupta told PTI today.

The labourers were being paid a paltry amount by the owner, he said, adding, they have been sent to their native state.