8 women and 16 kids rescued: UP’s brick kiln owner, aides held them hostage

The rescued victims told the police that they were thrashed and were deprived of food and water for over seven hours a day

PGurus Newsdesk

February 28, 2022

The rescued victims told the police that they were thrashed and were deprived of food and water for over seven hours a day

Police rescue 8 women, 16 kids held hostage by brick kiln owner, Alam Ahmad UP

The Saharanpur police have rescued 24 people who were held hostage by a brick kiln owner and his aides in an isolated place in Deoband in Uttar Pradesh. The brick kiln owner, Alam Ahmad, and his aides held the women and children, as young as three years, hostage after they asked the brick kiln owner for a raise in wages.

The rescued victims told the police that they were thrashed and were deprived of food and water for over seven hours a day.

A girl amongst the hostage was able to send a message to the police about their location from a mobile phone. As soon as the police received the information, a team from the Deoband police station launched a search operation and managed to find the victims on Sunday night.

Akash Tomar, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Saharanpur, said the police set free eight women and 16 children held hostage by the brick kiln owner, Alam Ahmad, and his aides.

“The brick kiln owner told us that he had already given Rs.4 lakh as an advance to the husbands of these women, but they had moved to other brick kilns. Enraged with this, he had decided to hold the women and children of these workers hostage,” said police officials.

Prabhakar Kenthura, station house officer (SHO) of Deoband police station, said, “Five people have been booked under IPC section 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 365 (whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with the intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace.).

Alam Ahmad and other accused have been arrested and sent to jail. Further investigation is on, police said.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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