Thane/Palghar, Oct 31 (PTI) Four children from the Katkari tribal community have been rescued from bonded labour in Palghar and Thane districts, following which two FIRs were registered, police officials said on Friday.

A 6-year-old boy from Gaurapur in Wada taluka was rescued from a shop in Uttan in Bhayander, where he was being forced to work due to a Rs 1000 loan that his grandmother had taken from the shopkeeper, a police official said.

"The man promised to pay salary of Rs 20000 but instead forced him to work for a paltry sum. The shopkeeper has been booked," the Wada police station official said.

Three minor girls in the 12-16 age group from Vadachapada Bahadoli area of Palghar were rescued from forced labour in Uttan-Bhayander. They had been forced into the work by two women who

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