Monday, July 24, 2023

BBC: slavery in contemporary India

BBC News - Osmanabad: The tortured Indian labourers who were kept as slaves

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66038795

[On a scorching June night, Bhagwan Ghukse woke up with a jolt and decided to run for his life. 

For the past month, Mr Ghukse had been kept captive in a squalid shanty in the western state of Maharashtra along with six other daily-wage workers. The workers were hired by some contractors in the state's Osmanabad district to dig wells, but were later forced into bonded labour which is illegal in India.]

(by Praveen THAKRE in Osmanabad and Zoya MATEEN in Delhi - June 28, 2023)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66038795

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