India, Nov. 26 -- A woman, 31, from Jharkhand and her four minor children were freed from bonded labour in Mouje Chumb, Barshi taluka, Solapur district, following a complaint received by the Migrant Workers Control Room of Jharkhand.

Acting on the complaint, authorities conducted a rescue operation at the farm of the accused, Zakir Ilahi Sayyed, 45, where the woman and her two sons and two daughters aged 10 years, eight years, five years, and nine months were being forced to work as bonded labourers. All five victims were rescued on Monday. The woman and her children were issued official release certificates by assistant labour commissioner Nilesh Yelgunde.

Yelgunde said, "The woman's husband alleged that for the last three years, his w...