Nagpur: In a major action against human trafficking and sexual exploitation, Lakadganj Police rescued a 17-year-old minor girl from a brothel in the notorious Ganga–Jamuna red-light area late Thursday night. The girl, allegedly trafficked from Rajasthan, was being forced into prostitution. Police have registered a case against four accused, including two women, and arrested one suspect during the raid.
According to police officials, reliable information was received that brokers in the Ganga-Jamuna locality were pushing minor girls into the flesh trade. Acting on the tip-off, a police team raided the premises during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and found the girl confined inside the brothel.
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The victim was immediately freed from the custody of the accused and taken for a medical examination. She has now been shifted to a Government-run shelter home for counselling and rehabilitation.
Police have registered a case against the accused identified as Sajna Bunty Hemnani (52), a resident of Bhandewadi; Basanti Kalkhor (50), originally from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and currently residing in the Ganga–Jamuna area; Balveer alias Mansaram Kalkhor (25), also from Ganga–Jamuna; and Tarun Hridayaram Gupta (21), a resident of Adilabad district in Telangana.
The accused have been charged with forcibly pushing the minor into prostitution. Police officials stated that Sajna and Basanti are believed to play a key role in trapping and exploiting minor girls for the flesh trade.
During the operation, the police safely rescued the minor and, after a medical examination, shifted her to a government-run shelter home for care and rehabilitation. Further investigation is underway, and police are also working to identify and trace other potential victims.
