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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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
