The State Minorities Commission has directed the Labour Department to do an on the spot panchanama in the presence of locals and inform the parents before they pick up the children during anti-child labour raids.
The Commission issued these directions following receipt of petitions from parents whose children were picked up by the Labour Welfare officers when they were employed as child labours in various organisations. The parents claimed that they were not being intimated when their children are being taken away. The Commission swung into action as most of the children belong to the minority community.
Joint Commissioner of Labour Welfare Department Dr Gangadhar has reportedly admitted before the Commission that the children were being kept at the Government Children’s Home for Boys at Sayeedabad. He also explained the procedure being adopted in dealing with such cases. (INN)