LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered release of 23 labourers including 5 women and 10 children, who were recovered from custody of a landlord in Bahawalnagar.
Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry passed these orders while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a relative of the labourers for their production and release.
Earlier, a bailiff produced the labourers before the court after recovering them from custody of Landlord Chaudhry Iqbal. The bailiff reported that the labourers had been detained by the landlord.
At this, the court ordered to release all labourers including women and children.
The petitioner through his petition alleged that the respondent owner was extracting forced labour from the workers.
He prayed the court to issue orders for their production and release.
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