100 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Brick Kilns In Armoor

Adilabad: Armoor divisional police on Tuesday raided five brick kilns in the Armoor mandal in Nizamabad district and rescued nearly 100 ‘bonded labourers’, including children and women belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Naidu and Odisha. Efforts are being made to send the bonded labourers and their families back home.

The police would file criminal cases against the owners of the brick kilns for exploiting the labourers, and the raids continued till night.

It is learnt that the owners of the brick kilns kept the labourers and their family members in restricted conditions, forcing them to work without minimum wages and extra hours and providing basic amenities.

On the tip-off from the relatives of the bonded labourers, the police formed special teams and conducted raids on the five brick kilns at Degam village in Armoor mandal.

According to official sources, the police, along with other concerned departments, raided BTR brick kiln and four other brick kilns in different places in the same mandal.

Nizamabad district magistrate Bharatha Laxmi participated in the raids on Brick kilns and said she will take action against the owners of brick kilns who were exploiting the labourers.