Inter-state sex trafficking ring busted in Arunachal, doc & engineers arrested
The New Indian Express|May 11, 2024
Guwahati ARUNACHAL Pradesh police have busted an inter-state prostitution racket involving minor girls and arrested 15 persons, including eight customers, a senior police official said.

The arrested customers include two engineers and a doctor who are employed with the state government.

Based on inputs, the police conducted raid at the alleged brothel-cum-residence in Itanagar and rescued three minor girls.

The two minors were being trafficked from Dhemaji in neighbouring Assam by two sisters who run a beauty parlour in Itanagar. The third minor, who is from Arunachal, was not forced into prostitution and has been reunited with her mother, police said.

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