Mechanic held for beating child labourer

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LODHRAN: A man was arrested for allegedly beating his employee [a minor] here on Tuesday at Tiba Sultanpur.

On Tuesday, a video footage went viral and was received by Jehnian and Tiba Sultanpur police. The incident was one week old that showed a workshop owner Sajjad Hussain was beating his 11-year-old worker Irshad on coming late to the shop and going home without permission.

District Police Officer Sawin Sultan Mehmood took notice of the incident and ordered action against the suspect. A team, led by the Tiba Sultanpur station house officer, arrested the suspect.

The DPO said action will be taken against the suspect as per law.

Published in Dawn, August 7th, 2019

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