GUWAHATI: Four girls from Assam's Nagaon district, who had been trafficked to Panipat in Haryana after which forced into prostitution, had been recsued by way of policemen of the two states in an operation on Friday. The girls, aged between 19 and 21, had been found in a restaurant.
A lady, suspected to be some of the prime contributors of the racket, used to be arrested in the operation. A seek is on for another person. "The arrested woman, who is from Assam, brought the girls here weeks ago and then sold them to racketeers in Haryana who forced them into prostitution," said a police source. A preliminary probe published that Nagaon Police had been alerted about the missing girls two weeks in the past and the rescue operation used to be introduced straight away.
"The accused and her husband have been found to be running the racket. The woman has revealed that she has been trafficking girls from Assam to Haryana. Her husband is absconding," said a source.
Decoding the recent development, Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, an NGO operating against human trafficking, said, "With constant raids happening in in New Delhi, flesh trade racketeers have now shifted base to National Capital Region areas like Panipat where a lot of new hotels and restaurants are mushrooming. To attract customers, many of these places provide call girls."
A lady, suspected to be some of the prime contributors of the racket, used to be arrested in the operation. A seek is on for another person. "The arrested woman, who is from Assam, brought the girls here weeks ago and then sold them to racketeers in Haryana who forced them into prostitution," said a police source. A preliminary probe published that Nagaon Police had been alerted about the missing girls two weeks in the past and the rescue operation used to be introduced straight away.
"The accused and her husband have been found to be running the racket. The woman has revealed that she has been trafficking girls from Assam to Haryana. Her husband is absconding," said a source.
Decoding the recent development, Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, an NGO operating against human trafficking, said, "With constant raids happening in in New Delhi, flesh trade racketeers have now shifted base to National Capital Region areas like Panipat where a lot of new hotels and restaurants are mushrooming. To attract customers, many of these places provide call girls."
4 girls from Assam rescued in Haryana
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