Eight detainees have been released from the private jails of local landlords in the Matiari district of Sindh.
The local police secured the release following a court order. Six women and six children are among the victims who had been detained by local landlords Wali Muhammad Barijo and Noor Muhammad Barijo.
The freed farmers have been shifted to the police station from where they would be taken to court tomorrow. Farmers were forced to work in their fields by local landlords.