Six Jharkhand migrant labourers were rescued from a clothing factory in Karnataka
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15 January 2022, Mumbai:
Six Jharkhand migrant labourers were freed from a garment manufacturing plant in Karnataka, where they had been held, hostage.
According to a government statement, migrant labourers from East Singhbhum district were forced to work for 18 hours a day by a contractor and were insulted and beaten up on several occasions for refusing to work long hours without appropriate nourishment.
"After receiving training at the Skill Development Centre, Dimna, the ladies went to work at a garment factory in Bengaluru, where they were compelled to labour under inhumane conditions," the statement reads.
They were held captive and not permitted to return." When the problem was brought to the attention of Jharkhand's Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, it was claimed that he asked officials to ensure the safe return of the migrant workers.
There have been stories of such occurrences in the past, when Jharkhand workers were rescued from other states. Jharkhand police rescued 17 women (including one kid) who were allegedly being trafficked after being promised sewing operator work at a Tamil Nadu textile factory about a year ago.
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