Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Two Tribal Boys Rescued From Palghar Poultry Farm, Owner Arrested
Two boys, aged 12 and 15, went missing from their village in India.
Their parents were working in the fields when the boys disappeared.
A man promised to pay them 5,000 rupees each month to work for him.
But he did not tell the boys' parents about the job.
Instead, he took the boys to a poultry farm and made them work there.
When the boys wanted to go home, he locked them up for two days.
A group called Shramjeevi Sanghatna told the police what happened.
The police searched poultry farms and found the boys safe.
The police arrested the farm owner for kidnapping and forced labour.
The boys are now safe and can return to their families.
Palghar Police rescued two minor tribal boys, aged 12 and 15, allegedly kidnapped under the pretext of job offers.
The boys went missing from Dharanhatti village in Jawhar taluka on August 1 while their parents worked in nearby fields.
Poultry farm owner Sachin Narayan Dhasade allegedly lured the boys with Rs 5,000 per month and forced them into labour at his farm in Kone village.
The boys were unlawfully confined for two days after they expressed a desire to return home.
Dhasade was arrested under kidnapping, trafficking and forced labour provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and remanded in police custody until August 7.
- Who
- Two minor tribal boys, aged 12 and 15, from Dharanhatti village; the accused, poultry farm owner Sachin Narayan Dhasade; and Palghar Police.
- What
- Police rescued the boys from a poultry farm in Kone village where they were held captive and forced into labour, and arrested the farm owner.
- When
- The boys went missing on August 1; Dhasade was produced in court on August 4 and remanded in police custody until August 7.
- Where
- Dharanhatti village in Jawhar taluka and Kone village in Palghar district, India.
- Why
- The boys were allegedly lured with a job offer of Rs 5,000 per month without their parents' knowledge and forced to work against their will.
- Victims
- Two tribal boys, aged 12 and 15
- Accused
- Sachin Narayan Dhasade, poultry farm owner
- Location
- Dharanhatti village (Jawhar taluka) and Kone village, Palghar district
- Date of disappearance
- August 1
- Alleged lure
- Rs 5,000 per month job offer
- Alerted by
- Shramjeevi Sanghatna
- Laws invoked
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 137(2), 143(2), 143(4), 143(5); Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986; Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
- Custody
- Remanded in police custody until August 7