36 including children recovered from private prison

UMERKOT: Thirty-six people were recovered from the alleged private prison of a local landlord here, Geo News reported Thursday. Nine women and four infants were among those recovered.

On the orders of the District and Sessions Judge Umerkot, the police conducted a raid and recovered those imprisoned by the landlord. However, no arrests were made.

According to the freed prisoners, the landlord was using them as forced labour for the last four years and since the last two months they were not being provided food on a regular basis.