A chilling case of alleged bonded labour and child exploitation has surfaced from Wada in Palghar district, where a 10-year-old tribal girl from the Katkari community was allegedly taken away for domestic work and subjected to months of physical and verbal abuse. The accused, identified as Juliana Leslie Patil from Uttan in Mira-Bhayander, has been booked under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Bonded Labour Abolition Act.
