Delhi Police busts human trafficking racket with DCW's help

A couple had kept several women in illegal confinement when police raided their residence.

New Delhi, Mar 24: The Delhi police conducted raids and rescued six women from a gang involved in human trafficking, a Delhi Commission for Women official said. The raids were conducted on Thursday after two women employee of a Nihal Vihar-located placement agency approached the DCW, alleging that a husband-wife duo was running the racket.

They alleged that the couple would ask the women they had kept in illegal confinement to 'produce children for them to sell', a DCW official said.

One of the complainants, a 30-year-old woman from Jharkhand told DCW officials that she was brought to Delhi by a man from her village on the pretext of a job. He seized her mobile phone and Aadhaar card and after a few days, dropped her at the Arti Placement Agency.

The woman was beaten up by the couple and an agent allegedly raped her for two days, he said.

The other 40-year-old complainant, who hails from West Bengal, told DCW officials that a woman from her native place brought her to the national capital for a better living. She then abandoned her at the placement agency.

"The two women who approached the commission said that a few days ago, the couple while rushing a pregnant woman to a hospital forgot to bolt the door of their room. Taking advantage of the situation, they managed to flee," added the DCW official.

The place was raided by Delhi police on Tuesday night and six women, including a pregnant woman and another woman with a child, were rescued, claimed the DCW official.

The woman owner of the agency has been arrested on charges of illegal detention, police said on Thursday. The woman's husband, who is out of town, and the two agents have not been arrested yet, said a senior police officer.

PTI