Horrific images of physical assault on labourers in a brick kiln emerged on Monday, 18 May, evening from Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. It showed injured men and women, with blood spilling from their limbs, as a result of violence against them by the owner of a kiln, Munuswamy.
Tiruvallur Superintendent of Police P Aravindhan told TNM that the labourers had been rescued from the kiln soon after the police received the images.