Seven more labourers from Odisha, who were held captive at a brick kiln in Andhra Pradesh, have been rescued and brought back here. A team of four officials of the Odisha Labour Department rescued the labourers in Vizianagaram on Friday.
Among the labourers, five are from Sundargarh district and two from Bargarh district. Notably earlier, five labourers had managed to escape after a brick kiln owner allegedly threw acid at one of them and chopped off the fingers of another.
According to reports, 12 labourers from Odisha had been engaged at the brick kiln in Vizianagaram. They were allegedly not paid after working for two months. When they asked for their wages, the owner allegedly poured acid on one of them and chopped off the finger of another labourer.
Though five of them, including the acid attack victim, managed to escape and reach Sundargarh, the seven others had been held captive by the kiln owner.