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Maharashtra: Over 20 bonded labourers freed from charcoal-making unit in Pune district

Bandalkar allegedly forced the men to bring wood from the jungle, while women and children were held captive at the site and often made to work in farms

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Twenty-six bonded labourers along with their family members, totalling 48 people, have been rescued from a charcoal-making unit in Maharashtra's Pune district, an official said on Friday, PTI reported.

Acting on the complaint of all the victims from Raigad district, police booked one accused Sayaji Bandalkar who allegedly subjected them to forced labour, the official said.

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