New Delhi: Two people belonging to an upper caste family have been arrested from Ajmer after CNN-IBN reported on how they sold an entire Dalit family.
The Dalit family was allegedly sold for Rs 2.75 lakh as bonded labourers.
The accused have been charged with dealing in slavery, bonded labour and extortion.
The victim Mahaveer, his wife and their children were allegedly sold to a furnace factory owner in 2008.
They came to know of the sale only when they asked the owner for their wages.
The family was then allegedly beaten up and warned against going to the police.
But Mahavir and his family escaped and lodged a complaint with the police.
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