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Haryana Rights Panel Seeks Reports, Orders Probes in Alleged Child Bonded Labour Case

The move follows media reporting on a Bihar teenager allegedly forced into bonded labour at a Haryana dairy.

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A three-member bench of the HHRC, led by chairperson (retd) Justice Lalit Batra, observed that the child was physically harmed and denied basic human dignity. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The boy, originally from Kishanganj district in Bihar, was separated from his companions at Bahadurgarh Railway Station.

Overview

  • The Haryana Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance on August 13 and asked for detailed medical and police reports, including the status of compensation and welfare measures.
  • It directed the Superintendents of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Jind and Nuh to investigate, identify and apprehend the accused, and verify practices at the buffalo farm named in reports.
  • The Nuh Child Protection Officer was instructed to prepare a rehabilitation plan that includes psychological counselling, continued education and repatriation to the boy’s family.
  • The panel said the alleged facts prima facie violate the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and the Child and Adolescent Labour Act, and breach Article 32 of the UN child rights convention and Articles 21 and 23 of the Constitution.
  • The boy was found in Nuh by two schoolteachers with a severed arm, received first aid locally and was shifted to PGIMS Rohtak for treatment, with the next commission hearing set for November 4.