Greater Noida: A real estate contractor was booked for allegedly keeping seven persons as bonded labourers in Daireen village of Dankaur in Greater Noida. The accused, identified as Veerendra Singh Nagar, who is a resident of Daireen village, runs a brick field and is also a contractor.He had allegedly kept seven people, identified as Kawaal, Amir, Faiyaaz, Bhoora, Afsaana, Zaahida and Rukhsana, as bonded labourers.According to police, the action was taken on Saturday after a complaint by a labour enforcement officer who had rescued the seven victims from the construction site a month ago. “We received a written complaint from a labour enforcement officer on Saturday regarding a local contractor who had allegedly kept seven people, including three women, as bonded labourers. Following the complaint, we have booked the accused under Section 374 (unlawful compulsory labour) along with sections 16, 17and 18 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act (1976) of the IPC,” said Samresh Kumar Singh, SHO, Dankaur.Raj Bahadur Yadav, the labour enforcement officer and the complainant in this case, said that the seven victims were rescued from the construction site in February after which an investigation was carried out against the accused. “We had rescued the seven victims after multiple complaints by the labourers were received by our office on February 23 against Nagar. An investigation was carried out which proved the allegations to be true. The victims were allegedly being forced to work and were threatened against leaving the site,” said Yadav on Sunday.

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