The Zone XI police have busted an international prostitution racket and arrested eight people involved in trafficking young women from Bangladesh to India under the guise of job opportunities in hospitals, medical sector, and domestic work. The police have also rescued 15 people, including 14 Bangladeshi women and a man.  

Police said that the network was operating across international borders, with traffickers promising lucrative salaries to vulnerable women in Bangladesh and later coercing them into prostitution upon arrival in India.

“This was not just a local racket. It was a well-structured, organised cross-border syndicate,” said a senior police officer from Zone XI.