Three child labourers rescued from factory in Delhi: DCW

Three child labourers aged 10 and 13 years, who were made to work 12 hours a day at a factory in the national capital and paid Rs 2,000 per month, have been rescued, the Delhi Commission for Women said on Wednesday.

A complaint that children were employed in a factory in Omkar Nagar and being forced to consume alcohol was received on Tuesday, the panel said in a statement.

On reaching the factory with the Delhi police, three boys were found working there. Of them two were 10-year-old and one was 13-year-old, it said.

All of them were from poor families. While the 13-year-old boy lived with his uncle and aunt in the city while his parents were in a village, the other two stayed in Delhi along with their parents, the DCW said.

DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal said, "While we are a women's commission, we still act on cases related to boys due to humanity."