Archive · 26 Dec 2025
Tripura seeks Arunachal help to rescue child labourers
Tripura's Labour Minister has asked for help from Arunachal Pradesh to rescue 30 children and some adults who were taken from Tripura to Arunachal Pradesh.
They were promised jobs but were treated badly and made to live in very poor conditions.
The families of these children are very worried and want them to come back home safely.
The minister also said that using children as workers is against the law and is a serious violation of their rights.
A police case has been registered, and the minister has asked for immediate help to bring the labourers back home.
Tripura Labour Minister seeks Arunachal Pradesh's help to rescue 30 child labourers and a few adults.
Labourers were allegedly lured to Arunachal Pradesh with promises of employment and specific wages.
They are reportedly subjected to ill-treatment and forced to live in inhumane conditions.
A case has been registered at Kailashahar Police Station in Unakoti district.
Families of the victims are desperately seeking the safe and early return of the labourers.
- Who
- 30 child labourers and a few adult labourers from Unakoti district, Tripura
- What
- Alleged luring to Arunachal Pradesh for employment, subjected to ill-treatment and inhumane conditions
- When
- Case registered recently, exact date not specified
- Where
- Origin: Unakoti district, Tripura; Destination: Arunachal Pradesh
- Why
- Promise of employment with specific wages and benefits, which were later denied
- Number of child labourers
- 30
- Location of origin
- Unakoti district, Tripura
- Destination
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Promise made
- Employment with specific wages and benefits
- Current condition
- Ill-treatment and inhumane living conditions
- Action taken
- Case registered at Kailashahar Police Station
- Request made
- Intervention by Arunachal Pradesh Labour Minister
