Rajasthan Police rescue 53 tribal workers from Maharashtra

The Pratapgarh District Police of Rajasthan successfully rescued 53 tribal labourers who were held captive in Solapur district, Maharashtra, after being lured with false promises of employment.

Under the direction of B Aditya, Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh, and the guidance of Gajendra Singh Jodha, Additional Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh, a police team led by Sub-Inspector Sohanlal of Ghantali Police Station rescued 53 labourers (13 women and 40 men) belonging to the tribal community in the



district.

On December 22, the Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh, received information that men and women from villages Varda, Jamli, Maliya, Gothra, Umariya Pada, Bada Kali Ghati, Thesla, Kumari, and other villages falling under Ghantali, Pipalkhoont, and Parsola police station areas had been taken about two months earlier to Jabud village, under Akluj Police Station, Solapur district (Maharashtra).

They were lured with the help of a local person on the pretext of providing employment, police said on Saturday.