Villager in Maharashtra booked for forcing tribal man into bonded labour

The accused asked the victim that instead of repaying the money he had borrowed he should work on his farm and also take the cattle for grazing, the complaint said

Police have registered an offence against a man at Mokhada in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly forcing a tribal villager, who had borrowed ₹500 from him, into bonded labour, an official said. The victim in the case, Kalu Dharma Pawar, died in July this year, nearly eight months after his son, a Class eight student, was found dead near their village, Katkariwadi, he said. Police said Mr. Pawar had borrowed ₹500 from the accused, Ramdas Ambu Korde, as he did not have money to perform the final rites of his son, who died in November last year.