Indian Police Rescue Hundreds of Child Labor

At least 350 children have been freed in raids in several leather and plastic factory in the city of Hyderabad, India, in the last 10 days. These factories is often employ children.

According to Indian police, the children were employed for hours in an environment that is very messy. One of the police officers, V Satyanarayana, reveal some children who have been released suffering from skin diseases and many other diseases.

"We found the children were imprisoned in their work in inhumane conditions," said Satyanarayana, as reported by BBC News, Friday (06/02/2015).

"They were forced to work for 12 hours per day without a break," he added.

Satyanarayana also explained how the day-to-day conditions in the plant. The factory owner only monitor the children's work through CCTV cameras and the children were placed in a room that is not hygienic and not ventilated.

Indian police said five people have been indicted on charges of distributing children to be employed to some factory owners.