Employer charged under bonded labour and atrocities acts after Irular woman's death in Tamil Nadu
Police invoked the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act against Arumugam, the employer, following the death of a pregnant Irular woman and her baby.
Police have invoked section 3(1)(h) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and relevant provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act against Arumugam, the employer, following the death of a pregnant Irular woman and her baby, according to The New Indian Express. The case is at the charging stage and remains undecided.
Anand alleged that the family were kept as bonded labourers, that Arumugam assaulted him when he sought money to buy rice, and that Arumugam denied permission to take Thenmozhi to hospital, The New Indian Express reported.
The report does not state the date on which the woman died, and the cause of death has not been determined in the account published by The New Indian Express.
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- Irular woman’s death: Employer booked under Bonded Labour Act in TNnewindianexpress.com
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