63 captive workers rescued from forest

While one labour agent has been arrested, two others are still at large.

According to police sources, Raju Majhi, the labour agent, gathered a few labourers from Menda and Rajapali villages of Sonepur district and brought them to Jamki forest with a promise to give them work.

DSP crime N C Dandasena, who led the police team and conducted the raid on the forest, said, 8220;Once the labourers were brought to Jamki forest, they were told to go to Hyderabad, which they were not aware of when they were brought from their villages.8221;