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Bihar Government Pledges Support for Teen Maimed in Bonded Labour Case

State officials have directed emergency funding, medical rehabilitation and legal aid for the 15-year-old who lost his arm after doctors raised concerns over infection in his remaining limb.

The boy has alleged he was locked in a room, denied wages and food, and forced into labour.
The boy was rescued from Nuh.
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Overview

  • Bihar’s labour secretary has ordered officials to arrange the boy’s treatment, rehabilitation and repatriation under state relief schemes
  • Doctors at PGIMS Rohtak amputated his arm from the elbow and are treating a serious infection in the stump to prevent further surgery
  • The teenager’s family, now in Rohtak, has declined to file an FIR because of mounting hospital bills and is appealing for immediate financial assistance
  • An NGO is preparing a formal complaint under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act as police consider registering a zero FIR
  • Santosh walked more than 150 km from Jind to Nuh with a severed limb after being lured from Kishanganj under false wage promises and confined to a Haryana dairy farm