New Delhi, May 25 -- A woman allegedly left her son as 'collateral' with a duck rearer in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati after she failed to repay a loan of Rs.25,000. The duck rearer reportedly held the woman and her three children from the Yanadi tribal community as bonded labourers.

Later, when the woman finally managed to arrange the money to get her son back, it was found that her son had died. The duck rearer confessed the boy had died and was buried secretly in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram, NDTV reported.

However, police are investigating the matter. The duck rearer and his family were arrested.

The woman, Anakamma, her husband Chenchaiah, and their three sons belonged from the Yanadi tribal community. According to NDTV, they worked for ...