Police rescue four minor girls
The Hindu
The families of the girls were allegedly paid ₹13,000 each
CHENNAI Four minor girls, who were brought to the city on the pretext of getting them a job in a hospital and a spa but later were forced into sex trade, were rescued.Four persons were in this regard.
The victims are aged between 17 and 14 they were rescued in Flower Bazaar police station limits on Thursday before they were taken to Bengaluru in a bus. The rescued girls have been admitted to a government home. District Child Welfare Committee North member Lalitha, who is an advocate, spoke to the victims through an interpreter.
Based on her complaint, the police registered a case was booked against four persons, including senior citizens Chalema Kaitun and Anwar Hussain, Allavudin and Mainudeen under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the IPC and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act.