Family sells 12-yr-old boy as bonded labourer after cyclone Gaja
After losing all their possessions in cyclone Gaja, a family of daily wage labourers in Tamil Nadu's Panangudi village sold their 12-year-old son to a local farm owner as bonded labourer. Reportedly, the boy had been working for the farm owner for 20 days. The boy has been rescued and sent to a children protection home.