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It's a black hole for rescued kids
Lured on the pretext of being taught to work, once in the city these kids were not sent back home for years.
Five-year-old Sabeer, rescued from a east Delhi unit on Monday, is just another face in the crowd of child labourers who are brought to the city and made to work under inhuman conditions.
"I worked for 12 to 18 hours. Even when my hands got bruised by needle work, I could not rest for the fear of being beaten up," says Sabeer.
Says nine-year-old Raghuvendra: "We were not allowed to mix with the people or visit any place. If we could not embroider the desired number of pieces, we were even lashed with belts."
And what lured them to the business was not just the need for money ��� the glamour of city life also attracted these kids from Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Katihar and Purnea in Bihar and from far-flung villages in UP.
Lured on the pretext of being taught to work, once in the city these kids were not sent back home for years. "Kaam seekhne ke liye aai the (came to learn the work).
But we could only talk to our parents over the phone on Sundays. They never allowed us to go back," says eight-year-old Jamshed. Working in dimly lit rooms, these kids are paid only Rs 25-50 per week.
Some of them are even brought in from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh. "I came to see Delhi with my uncle. But once here, I was not allowed to go back," Jamshed adds.
For them, recreation meant a Sunday off for which they had to work through Saturday night. "We would either sleep on Sunday or watch TV in the room," says Mammu.
Being rescued from zari units, does not bring an end to their sufferings. Some of them soon rejoin the business. "I was caught in Mumbai but came back to work in Delhi again.
My parents could not afford to send me to school," says Parvez.
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