In Mirzapur, 21 families rescued from bondage

Twenty-one families working as bonded labourers in a brick kiln of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, barely 100 km from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, were rescued today by activists and the labour department. The families – all of them from Bihar’s Gaya, are Mushahars, one of the most backward castes, to which Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also belongs.

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