Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered release of 39 kiln workers, including women and children, who were recovered from a kiln in Mandi Bahauddin.
Justice Muhammad Tariq Abbasi passed these orders while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Bashir Ahmad, a relative of workers, for their production and release. Earlier, a bailiff produced the kiln workers before the court after recovering them from illegal custody of brick kiln owner Asif. The bailiff reported that the workers had been detained by the kiln owner.
At this, the court ordered to release all workers including women and children. The court also ordered police to take action against kiln owner as per law.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.