Police on Tuesday rescued 17 migrant labourers from a bus while they were going from Padmapur in Balangir district to Brahmapur city. The labourers belong to Baghala Bandha village under Belpada block of Patnagarh subdivision in Balangir district. The police detained them at the local police station and questioned them to find out more information.
“Acting on a tipoff, our patrolling vehicles stopped them and found that they were going to Brahmapur. We have detained them for further questioning and to identify the agent behind the trafficking,” said Patnagarh police station IIC Rabindra Kumar Patra. It may be pointed out that on December 17 last, 51 migrant (Dadan) labourers had been rescued by the Patnagarh police.