18 trafficked women rescued in Delhi
New Delhi, July 31: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday rescued 18 women, aged 18-30 years, who had become victims of human trafficking. Most of them belong to Nepal.
The Nepal Embassy "is being contacted" for their repatriation.
The Commission, in a statement, said an operation was conducted with the support of Uttar Pradesh Police in Varanasi which had registered an FIR on July 23 on some girls from Nepal were being taken to Delhi to be sold to Gulf countries for prostitution.
An Uttar Pradesh Police team came to Delhi and raided a house in Maidan Garhi where the girls were kept, said a statement.
At least 68 Nepali passports were recovered from the house.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who was informed about the report, reached the spot and tried to interact with the girls who initially didn't speak up.
"After counselling, they opened up and said they had been brought to Delhi for jobs," according to the Commission.
They are poor and belong to the earthquake-affected regions of Nepal. Most of them had lost their homes and families.
Last week, in two separate incidents, DCW rescued 16 Nepali girls who were about to be trafficked to Gulf countries.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
