New Delhi, May 3 (Bureau) Delhi Commission for Women(DCW) rescued five minor boys employed as child labour in a bangle making unit in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri and issued a notice to Delhi Police seeking registration of FIR in the matter, DCW said on Tuesday. DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, “I am grateful to the person who made the anonymous call and helped the commission in rescuing the children. We have issued a notice to the Delhi Police for registration of FIR in the matter.
The employer and his accomplices must be arrested. These children should be properly rehabilitated by the Child Welfare Committee.” The Commission received information on its 181 Women Helpline from an anonymous source who informed the Commission that five minor boys were employed in a bangle-making unit and were allegedly beaten up brutally by their employer, DCW said. A team of the Commission immediately reached the spot along with Delhi Police and rescued them. Out of the five children rescued, two were eight years old, one was ten years old and the other two were thirteen years old. The children informed the Commission that they hailed from Bihar and came to Delhi over a month ago to earn a livelihood. They further informed that the employer promised to pay them Rs 4000 per month for making bangles but they were allegedly not paid anything till now.