Nuapada: Thirteen bonded labourers were rescued from a house in Kumutimunda village under Komna police limits in Nuapada district Monday.
Sources said the labourers were being taken to work at a brick-kiln in Andhra Pradesh after being lured by a middleman.
Based on information from a villager that some children were held captive in a house, a team of Komna police conducted a raid there. During the search, police rescued 13 bonded labourers.
The police have also detained the middleman for further interrogation.
While a probe has been initiated into the mater, efforts are on to send the workers back to their villages, the police said.
Earlier, the labour department had rescued five labourers who were held hostage by their employer at Vizianagaram. The workers were later sent to their villages after being produced before the district collector.
It may be noted here that an employer hurled acid on a migrant worker after he asked for his salary while another youth was chopped off his fingers. The inhumane torture on the workers has become a matter of concern.
PNN