Srinagar, Aug 02: A 15-year-old boy from Bihar, allegedly confined and forced into labour at a dairy farm in Haryana’s Jind district, walked more than 150 km with a severed arm before he was rescued in the town of Nuh on Tuesday, according to the police. A teenage boy from Bihar’s Kishanganj district has alleged that he was lured into labor under false promises and subjected to severe abuse.
According to his statement to the police, he was promised a monthly salary of ₹10,000 but was instead confined to a room, denied food and wages, and forced to operate a motorized fodder chopper — the machine that ultimately severed his arm.
He further claimed that after the accident, he was given medication that knocked him unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a dispensary with a small sum of money. After dozing off again, he later awoke to find his clothes and the money missing. A staff member at the dispensary allegedly told him to leave.
With no identification and unable to recall the exact location of the farm, he began walking home — toward Bihar, nearly 1,000 km away — before being spotted near Tauru in Nuh district by two government school teachers.
“He was walking barefoot in the rain and looked like he hadn’t eaten in days,” said Arvind Kumar, one of the teachers. “He seemed confused and very weak.”
Doctors who treated the boy said the injury was at least two weeks old. The crude bandaging on his arm suggested that it had not been professionally dressed for several days. However, the police were able to locate his family with the help of the Kishanganj police. His brother and other relatives, who work as daily wage labourers in Kaithal, reached Nuh later that evening and took him to PGIMS Rohtak, where he underwent surgery on Thursday.
