Two women, who were allegedly trafficked to Delhi from West Bengal after being lured in for employment and forced into prostitution, were rescued from an alleged GB Road brothel last week, police said on Monday.
“Accordingly, a police team raided the place and rescued the woman. “One rescued woman, aged 28, alleged that the accused took her eight-year-old son, kept him in a hostel, and threatened to kill him if she refused prostitution. DCP Singh said the rescue operation was conducted after a 60-year-old woman approached the Women police post at Kamla Market on August 26, and reported that her 26-year-old daughter, who is married and is a mother of three children, was missing from West Bengal since May 2. The complainant told police that on August 25, her daughter contacted her, disclosed she was confined at brothel number 58 in Delhi’s GB Road, and sought help for her rescue. Her statement revealed that on May 2, she was at a railway station in West Bengal, when a man named Kalu, aged around 30, allegedly lured her on the pretext of arranging employment and brought her to Delhi. He allegedly took possession of her mobile phone and subsequently sold her to Geeta, a 55-year-old caretaker of brothel number 58,” said DCP Singh. “While Geeta and Manju were arrested in the case relating to the 26-year-old victim, Paro Khatoon, along with the two were arrested in the 28-year-old victim’s case. We also recovered ₹ 55,000 cash and other incriminating evidence from the brothel,” he added.
Three women, Geeta, Manju, and Paro Khatoon, were also arrested , who are speculated to be part of a syndicate of human traffickers who allegedly forced women into prostitution at a GB Road brothel, police said. All five individuals belonged to West Bengal, according to police. The woman, who was brought to the brothel around two years ago, told us that she was taken to meet her son once in three or four months. We are trying to find and rescue her son,” said deputy commissioner of police (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh.
The money earned by the victim was allegedly retained by Geeta and another caretaker, Manju, 58.
The DCP said that Geeta allegedly kept the victim at her residence for about one month before bringing her to the brothel, where she was allegedly handed over to its owner, Reshma, who allegedly forced her into prostitution.
