MIRPURKHAS, June 18: The Mipurkhas district and sessions court on June 17 set free 28 peasants, allegedly forced into bonded labour, after recording their statements.
The peasants, including women and children, were recovered in a raid conducted by the Old Mirpur police on the farmlands owned by Anwer Marri and Jhando Marri.
The raid was ordered by the court on an application filed by a peasant, Rewo Kolhi, who stated that his 28 relatives had been forced into bonded labour by the landowners.
In his application, he stated that they had been kept in illegal confinement on the farmlands falling within the remit of the Old Mirpur police station.
Mr Kolhi claimed that his relatives were not being paid their wages and faclities as per the Tenancy Act.
On June 16, the police carried out the raid and recovered the peasants, who were kept at the Old Mirpur police station overnight.
On June 17 morning, they were produced in the sessions court, which recorded their statement and set them free.
Published by Daily Dawn on June 18, 2014
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