Rohtak, Aug. 22 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the inhuman treatment of a 15-year-old boy from Bihar, who was lured into bonded labour under false promises of employment by his Jind-based employer.

The boy was separated from his companions at Bahadurgarh railway station when an unidentified man approached him with the offer of work at a buffalo dairy for a salary of Rs.10,000 per month. However, the HHRC found that he was subjected to forced labour and physical abuse for two months. During this period, he suffered injuries while cutting fodder, but instead of receiving medical care, his employer abandoned him in an isolated location.

The boy eventually managed to reach Nuh, where a local t...