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One arrested for using child as labourer

By STAFF CORRESPONDENT

DIBRUGARH, April 26 - In a significant move, the police arrested one Dipjyoti Gohain from Udaypur here yesterday for engaging a nine-year-old child as labourer at his home.

The minor from Jagun, Tinsukia was rescued from Gohain�s house in Udaipur on April 22 by a team comprising personnel from the administration, Child Line, Labour Department and the police.

The Labour Department lodged an FIR with the Milannagar police under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act and a case (no. 558/2018) was registered, following which the arrest was made.

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