Acting on an SOS on the Astha app, Diamond Harbour district police rescued a minor from Nurpur on February 7, reports Monotosh Chakraborty.
On Friday, eight people, which include five Bangladeshis, had been arrested for their alleged role in trafficking her from throughout the border and promoting her to a brothel in East Midnapore’s Mahishadal.
The minor, a resident of Comilla district in Bangladesh, stated her boyfriend had exceeded her over to traffickers. The gang kept her in a abandoned house, the place they sexually assaulted her earlier than promoting her to a brothel.
After over two months, she managed to get away and asked for assist from a man who sent the message on the app, SP of Diamond Harbour police district Abhijit Banerjee said. Raids had been carried out at Mahishadal, Baruipur and Swarupnagar, where eight persons, such as two women, had been arrested.