New Delhi, Aug 25 - Delhi Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket with the arrest of three people, including a mother-son duo. Three girls have been rescued.
Acting on a complaint by Anita Devi, a resident of west Delhi's Nangloi village, that her 23-years-old daughter Manju was missing since Aug 16, when she had gone to seek employment from Sunil Jha who runs a placement agency, the police started investigations.
'On investigation, Vinod Mandal, 23, Sanjay Kant, 33, his mother Savitri, 55 -- all residents of Bihar were arrested. They used to lure girls from economically weaker sections on the pretext of placing them as domestic helps,' said a senior police officer.
'Raids were conducted in Delhi and Haryana and Manju was rescued. On interrogation, Sanjay disclosed information about a large scale human trafficking racket. Subsequently, two more girls were rescued,' the police officer added.
'He revealed that when Manju approached Sunil, he along with other associates abducted her and took her to Rohtak in Haryana where Sanjay allegedly raped her.