Summary:
Krushna is among 43 labourers and children rescued from a brick kiln in Bagalur on Thursday, where they were trafficked to work as bonded labourers. International Justice Mission, which assisted the district administration and the local police in the rescue, said more than half of the bonded labourers rescued are from Odisha, and in particular Bolangir district. They were either forced to go back to bonded labour or pay up the loan amount. Some time last year, the rain failed completely in his region, and he was forced to look for work elsewhere. A man in the area offered him, and others suffering from similar agrarian distress, a job in Bengaluru..