The Jagdalpur Police rescued 23 bonded labourers who were held captive in one of the brick kilns in Shivgiri town in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
In late evening hours, police reached Jagdalpur with labourers rescued by the team belonging to Parpa and nearby villages.
According to the police, local middleman by name of Manoj took them to Tamil Nadu with lure of good earnings there.
later Manoj handed over the labourers to one Babu Rao who is broker of labourers.
Rao too handed over these labourers to the Director of Balaji Bricks Kiln .Rao escaped when Jagdalpur Police reached his house, told ASP Vijay Pandey.
Manoj is also escaped whereas owner of Balaji Bricks Kiln presented papers regarding regular payment of wages of labourers through Babu Rao, he added .Notably, Member of Chhattisgarh State Youth Commission Sangram Singh Rana paid vital role in release of these bonded labourers.