Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
Revenue officials rescued 28 bonded labourers, including children, from three brick kilns functioning at villages in Anthiyur on Saturday. The incident came to light when a worker, Selvam (39) of Anangoor in Villupuram district, consumed poison after he was beaten up by the unit owner in front of the other workers on Friday. He had sought permission to go home that was refused by the owner. Hence, he tried to escape and was caught and beaten up. An NGO, Rights Education and Development Centre, received information about the suicide attempt and it alerted the revenue officials and police.
