Beed man booked as Palghar tribal forced into bonded labour goes missing

Source: https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/12/08/bes8-mh-tribal-bonded-labour.html

Police in Palghar booked Amol Dhotre, a Beed resident, for trafficking a tribal man from the Adivasi Katkari community, holding him captive, and forcing him into bonded labour. Dhotre visited Jawhar on November 1 to recruit workers for his sugarcane field, offering an ₹80,000 advance. Enraged by others taking money but not reporting for work, he allegedly abducted the victim from Zap village in Dhopapada and forced him to work in Beed. The victim remains missing, and efforts to locate him are ongoing. Authorities charged Dhotre under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act for trafficking, unlawful labour, and wrongful confinement based on a complaint filed by the victim's wife. No arrests have been made yet.