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By Anshuman Singh and Khushi Jaiswal
Pintu Kumar, a 16-year-old from Chhapra in Bihar, describes the severe hardships he faced starting at the age of 14 when he was coerced into bonded labour. Pintu's account of his experience is chilling: "I was forced into being a bonded labourer. They would make me carry heavy loads. When I said it was too heavy, they would abuse and hurt me. They had locked me up and forced me to work. I had no freedom. I was a slave."
There are many like Pintu. Some children are trafficked, while others are sent off by parents who are extremely poor and have no other means to raise their children.
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