1. 19 Child Labours rescued from Sarafa Market, Indore
Once
Total Number of Children Rescued: 19
Category: Child Labour/ Child Abuse case
Date of Rescue: 27/01/2012
Place of Rescue: Sarafa Market, Indore
again Indore
District saw
the intensity
of
Child
Labour is sue, when nineteen child labourers, mostly from Burdwan
district of West Bengal, were rescued from the Sarafa market here on
Friday: 27th January 2012. A joint team of officials from Women and
Child Development Department, Labour Department, police and
Indore CHILDLINE carried out raids to free the children working
under inhuman/hazardous condition as bonded labourers. The children rescued were working at various goldsmith
shops in various buildings around the market.
A team of officials i.e.
CHILDLINE, WCD, Police
department, Labour depa rtment
was formed and rescue operation
was conducted. There were 2
building where the children
found working at goldsmith
shops, and may be more than 20
children were working. Total 19
children were rescued from
different shops. Out of 19 children one of these children was from Vidisha and one other from Indore and rests were
mostly from Burdwan (West Bengal). The children were brought to Indore in the name of imparting them training
after paying money to their poor parents. But once they are here they are employed. Their parents are too poor to
come here and enquire about their children's plight, these children were made to work around 15 hours a day on just
meals and no wages at all and that , too in unhealthy conditions.
These children and their employers were then brought to Sarafa Police Station, an Fir against the employers was
lodged by CHILDLINE. An issue arised infront of Labour Commissioner about the employers, therefore all children
were separately brought to see employers, thus, after identification of owners after completing formalities in
presence of Assistant Labour Commissioner, Mr. J. S. Uddeya, children were handed over to Indore CHILDLINE
for temporary shelter. Out of 19 children 9 children were brought to SJPU, Pardesipura and 10 children to
CHILDLINE centre. CWC member Dr. Nitin Shukla was present during the whole operation and he himself issued
orders for further enquiry and temporary shelter.
Child Welfare Committee met all the guardians and finally after round of many discussions and handed over the
children to their respective guardians.