Acting on a tipoff, a team of the Kantabanji police rescued 12 migrant labourers while they were being taken to Hyderabad illegally on Wednesday morning.
One Bharat Kumbar of Kharlipathar of Belpada block in Balangir district, who was taking the labourers without any valid licence, was arrested.
The Kantabanji police have registered a case in this regard under Sections 374/420 IPC and Section 25of Inter-State Migrant Workers Act, said Kantabanji police station IIC BN Karkara to this correspondent over phone.