BADIN: Police recovered 46 bonded peasants, including women and children, after conducting raids on farmlands in Badin and Mirpurkhas districts on Wednesday.

A police team raided the farmland of Haji Ramazan Mallah near his village late on Wednesday night and got released 31 bonded peasants, including 12 children and 13 women, after one Kewal Kolhi filed an application in the Badin district and sessions court, appealing the court to rescue his family members from the captivity of the landlord.

The applicant said that the landlord had kept his family members in chains and deprived them of their just share in harvest for the past many years. Police said the liberated peasants would be produced in court on Thursday.

In Mirpurkhas, the district and sessions court on Wednesday set at liberty 15 peasants, including women and children, after recording their statements.

Jhuddo police had carried out raid on the farmland of Abdul Razzaque Leghari near Dajero Mori on Tuesday and recovered 15 peasants, including women and children, after one Sono Kolhi filed an application in the court, accusing the landlord of detaining his relatives at the farmland.

On Wednesday, police produced them in the court which recorded their statements and set them free.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2015

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