Overview
- Shahapur police registered a case on Tuesday following a complaint that an 11-year-old tribal boy was found working for a cattle farmer in Thane district.
- The case cites section 146 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita for unlawful compulsory labour along with the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, the Child Labour Act, and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
- Investigators named the child’s father and the employer in the complaint based on information provided by a tribal organisation.
- According to the police complaint, the father allegedly made the boy work for Rs 2,000 per month; the child is a resident of Palghar and was seen tending goats.
- Police say the probe is underway and report no arrests at this stage.