Monday, March 25, 2013

Mar 25, 2013: 19-yr-old girl rescued from red-light area

TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 02.08 AM IST
BHOPAL: A 19-year-old girl, an alleged victim of trafficking and pushed into flesh trade, was reportedly rescued by police from a red light area in Shivpuri district on Sunday.

Sub-divisional police officer Sanjay Agarwal said, "We have rescued the girl and arrested a woman Laung Bai, 50, who pushed the girl into flesh trade from Bajaria area of the district."

The woman has been booked under immoral traffic (prevention) Act and other relevant norms, he said.

The girl is a resident of Pathor village and was brought by someone on pretext of providing job, but was sold to the woman, Agarwal said.

"A case was registered," he added.

Police launched a drive to put a check on illegal activities in the red light area of the district, said sources. In past couple of days, more than a dozen people were arrested from the area in police raids, sources added.

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