Police rescued as many as 85 bonded labourers, including 10 children, from a roadside dhaba near Budhadangar in Khariar of Nuapada district on Monday.
Acting on a tipoff, the Khariar police conducted a raid and rescued the workers engaged in the dhaba. All workers were residents of Khirmal and Rokal villages under Boden block in the district. However, the middleman managed to escape from spot during the police raid.
Later, the cops sent the rescued workers to their respective villages in a special bus in the presence of Khariar SDPO Santak Jena.However, an inquiry in this connection is underway, said Khariar police station Inspector-in-Charge Kailash Chandra Sethi.