-The Hindu
At least 100 adolescents from Madurai, Theni and Ramanathapuram districts are suspected to be engaged in units making ‘murukku’ in Jharsuguda district, Orissa, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Madurai Range) B. Bala Naga Devi here on Sunday.
The Madurai Rural Police arrested three persons, including a broker, on charges of forced labour and wrongful confinement of children.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Ms. Bala Naga Devi said a 15-year-old boy, Manicka Raja alias Raju, son of Manickam and Vetriselvi of Perungudi, near here, escaped from the clutches of his employer in Orissa and managed to reach home.
Following this, the boy’s parents lodged a complaint with the Perungudi police.