3 arrested for illegal transportation of youths as bonded labourers in Tinsukia district
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TINSUKIA: Talap police in Tinsukia district finally apprehended three out of four middlemen on Friday who were involved in illicit transportation of 16 youths from Chamguri and Gakhirbheti to Arunachal Pradesh for hard road construction work in deep terrain as bonded labourers.
Though they were rescued after three months of captivity, the kingpin along with his accomplices is absconding. A police team led by SI Kopil Chandra Das arrested three of them from different locations while Nitu Sarma still remains fugitive. The arrested persons are Sanjeeb alias Paiku Sonowal of Laina gaon under Talap OP, Putul Chabukdhora of Sadiya's Chengchap and Pranjit Duarah of Nemuguri's Mohkhuti TE under Sibsagar district.
The local people, while complimenting SI Das, demanded recovery of wages from these culprits as the contractor from Arunachal Pradesh under whom these 16 people worked, had paid the money in advance to these middlemen.