MiD DAY had reported about the juvenile who spent his days in shackles as that's the response his family had devised to keep him off substance abuse
MiD DAY had reported about the juvenile who spent his days in shackles as that's the response his family had devised to keep him off substance abuse
Two days after MiD DAY reported about eight-year-old Bharat (name changed) who his family claims is addicted to alcohol and drugs. And they keep him in chains, in order to stop him from consuming the habit-forming substances. 
Shiv Kumari, mother ofu00a0 eight-year-old Bharat, kept her son in chains
to keep him off drugs. file pic
On Thursday the NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan rescued the child and sent him to a rehabilitation centre. The child is now being treated by doctors in the children's home Apna Ghar.
"When we saw the MiD DAY report, we immediately spoke to government officials about the issue. We then conducted a raid to rescue the child.
His mother wanted to send him to a rehabilitation centre as she has nine children. She urged us to teach Bharat as most of her children are unable to go to school. We took him for a medical check-up and then sent him to a children's home," said Rakesh Sengar, Additional Secretary, Bachpan Bachao Andolan.Bharat will now live under the supervision of psychologists and doctors and will even go to school.
| Money woes |
| Bharat's father Rajanan Singh was a rickshaw-puller. He passed away three years ago. The boy's mother Shiv Kumari was working as a labourer but she had to leave her job because of poor health. Bharat's elder brother Santosh works as a waiter and they have some income also from the renters in the house. But Shiv Kumari has nine children and the family's monthly income is about five thousand rupees. Some of the kids go to school but they also work as rag pickers on the side. |
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