http://ibnlive.
Two sell Dalit family as bonded labourers, arrested
CNN-IBN
SOME RELIEF: The victim Mahaveer, his wife and their children were
allegedly sold in 2008.
New Delhi: Two people belonging to an upper caste family have been
arrested from Ajmer after CNN-IBN reported on how they sold an entire
Dalit family.
The Dalit family was allegedly sold for Rs 2.75 lakh as bonded labourers.
The accused have been charged with dealing in slavery, bonded labour
and extortion.
The victim Mahaveer, his wife and their children were allegedly sold
to a furnace factory owner in 2008.
They came to know of the sale only when they asked the owner for their wages.
The family was then allegedly beaten up and warned against going to the police.
But Mahavir and his family escaped and lodged a complaint with the police.
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