TWO GIRLS RESCUED FROM COMMUNITY-BASED PROSTITUTION

MUMBAI- On Wednesday, 5 April 2018, Senior Police Inspector, Mr. Prakash Bhosle, of the Chembur Police Station conducted a rescue operation under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), to rescue two young girls aged 15 and 21 years, who were induced into prostitution. The information was provided to the police by International Justice Mission (IJM), an anti-human trafficking organization who had learnt of the commercial sexual exploitation of the girls belonging to the Bedia community.