Flesh trade: 36 girls rescued from Delhi

The girls were escorted back to Mumbai by SS Branch officers and produced in a court on Wednesday.

The court has directed that they be sent to a women’s rehabilitation home. The SS Branch had received a complaint from a girl who claimed that she was being taken to Dubai to be forced into the flesh trade.

“The girl told us that she wanted to join the film industry and had come in contact with a person who told her to go to Dubai to perform in shows.”

“The girl said that she realised something was amiss and informed us. Initial investigations revealed that the allegations were true,and we began probing the case,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Enforcement) B G Shekhar. The police then received information that the girls were being sent to Dubai from Delhi.

“We informed the airport authorities and they stopped the girls from boarding the plane. Our team was sent there and the girls have been brought back,” said Shekhar. The police have recorded the statements of the girls. “We are on the lookout for the persons responsible and will nab them,” said Shekhar.