36 including children recovered from private prison

 UMERKOT: 36 bonded peasants were recovered from the alleged private prison of a local landlord here, Geo News reported. Nine women, seventeen children including four infants were among those recovered. 

On the orders of the District and Sessions Judge Umerkot, the police conducted a raid in village Chaudhry Javed Arain and recovered those imprisoned by the landlord. However no arrests were made.

According to those imprisoned, the landlord was using them as labour for the last four years and since the last two months they were not being provided food on a regular basis.