More children forced to work as COVID-19 batters India

NEW DELHI: His hands caked with paint and dust, Aakash looks right at home working at an auto repair shop - except that he is a minor, one of millions forced into the Indian labour market.

Aakash at first denied he worked at the garage, but Mehdi turned the teenager's hands around in his own, saying softly:"Look at your hands, they are full of paint and dust."He and 11 other boys, all believed to be aged below 18 and made to work 16-hour days for a pittance, were picked up in restaurants and a garage that night.

After health checks, a coronavirus test and help to reclaim their full wages, they will be sent back to their family homes - often poor villages and towns across northern India.

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