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Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 26 (IANS) Six child labourers from Bihar have been rescued from a carpet manufacturing unit here, officials said Wednesday. |
The six - aged 10-13 years - were freed late Tuesday during a joint operation carried out by district officials and police in Dulmadspur town.
"Acting on a tip from an NGO, we carried out the operation. But the owner and the other staff of the carpet unit escaped," Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ranvijay Singh said in Bhadohi, some 250 km from Lucknow.
According to police, all the children came from poor families and were brought to Uttar Pradesh on the pretext of providing education along with high income jobs.
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