India, April 23 -- A nine-year-old boy who went missing during the Covid-19 lockdown in Faridabad in early 2020 was rescued from a dairy farm just 19km from his home, where he was allegedly kept as bonded labour for six years, police said on Wednesday.

The rescue was carried out on April 16 by a joint team of the Faridabad child welfare committee (CWC) and police after receiving a tip-off about the assault and torture of a minor at Dhakola village in Tigaon, officials said. The boy, now 15, has been reunited with his family in Nehru Colony, officers said.

Santosh Vats, CWC chairperson, said the child is undergoing counselling. "He has suffered from mental and physical trauma from being kept as bonded labour and assaulted repeatedly by t...