Woman trafficked from Bihar, raped, forced into prostitution
Police said after her husband left her and with no source of income to raise her two children, the woman came to Delhi with the agent in the hopes of getting a job and later brought her children along as well.
A 24-year-old woman who was trafficked from Bihar by an agent of a fake placement agency and later sold into prostitution, escaped from her confines last week and sought help from the Delhi Police.
Police said after her husband left her and with no source of income to raise her two children, the woman came to Delhi with the agent in the hopes of getting a job and later brought her children along as well.
But the agent allegedly sold her to another person who sexually exploited her and then forced her into prostitution, senior police officers said.
Police said last week, the woman fled the place where was being confined and approached the Delhi Police, seeking their help.
A team of the Netaji Subhash Place police station later carried out an operation and arrested three men, including the agent Sanjay Shah,34, the police said.
“The other two arrested men were identified as Kishan Rai alias Krishnu,25, and Aarif alias Rahul,40, both from Delhi. Shah belongs to Bihar and he had allegedly lured the woman to Delhi in 2017, following his frequent visits to her native village to offer the women there employment in Delhi,” a senior police officer associated with the case said, requesting anonymity.
Deputy commissioner of police (northwest) Vijayanta Arya said on August 23, the woman called the police and in her complaint accused one Kishan Rai of “raping her and forcing her into prostitution.”
The woman told the police that Kishan is the person to whom she was sold by Shah. She has alleged that Kishan raped her after promising to marry her.
When she learnt that he was already married and confronted him, Kishan “forced her into prostitution”. Aarif is Kishan’s associate and he too had raped her, the woman alleged.
The woman’s was counselled and her statement was recorded. She told the police that her husband left her and their two children and married another woman in their home town in Bihar. In 2017, she met Shah who promised her a job and brought her to Delhi. He got her a job as a domestic help in two houses in north and outer Delhi, the officer said.
“The woman told us that in 2018, Shah made her steal cash and jewellery from her employer. She was arrested and remained in jail till February this year, when Shah got her released on bail and sold her to Kishan, who raped her and then pushed her into prostitution,” the officer said, quoting the woman’s statement.
On August 24, the police team laid a trap by sending the woman to a park near Kishan’s house after she informed him about her return. When Kishan reached the park, the police caught him. His interrogation led to the arrest of Shah from Narela and Aarif from Vijay Vihar.
“The three men were arrested under sections 376 (rape), 370 (buying or disposing of any person as a slave), 370 A (exploitation of a trafficked person), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code,” DCP Arya said.