51 migrant labourers from UP allegedly kept captive by brick kiln owner in central Gujarat rescued

Ananad: Altogether 51 migrant labourers allegedly kept forcefully in confinement in the premises of a bricks kiln in Nisraya under Borsad police station of Anand district by its Muslim owner have been rescued, police said today.

PSI of Borsad Amar R Palas said that the labour department team and police conducted a raid last evening at the brick kiln owned by one Chand Miyan and the 51 labourers, hailing from Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh were rescued.

He said that the detailed investigation was on.

Meanwhile, one of the woman labourers alleged that the owner misbehaved with them and made them work for longer hours without bothering to pay them. Another one of them alleged that the owner and his men also used to mistreat the women labourers.

The brick kiln owner has not yet been arrested.

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