{
  "id": 7036116,
  "title": "800 child labourers, 503 from Bengaluru alone, rescued in two-hour crackdown across Karnataka",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/800-child-labourers-503-from-bengaluru-alone-rescued-in-two-hour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T01:38:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/800-child-labourers-503-from-bengaluru-alone-rescued-in-two-hour-crackdown-across-karnataka/article71460926.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Hindu reports that 800 child labourers, primarily from Bengaluru, were rescued in a two-hour crackdown across Karnataka. The operation, which took place between 10 a.m. and noon, involved 16,951 premises and 962 police stations. Bengaluru city accounted for 63% of the rescues, with 503 children saved. The rescued children came from various sectors including hotels, restaurants, eateries, petrol pumps, grocery stores, and warehouses. A total of 18 cases were registered under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}