The Kashimira police have registered a case of trafficking against unidentified agents for luring a 43-year-old woman on the promise of placing her as a domestic help in Oman and forcing her into sex trade. The Mira Road woman, who used to be a casting agent for junior artistes in Hindu films, had paid Rs 3 lakh to an agent.

Found agent online

In June 2022, the victim contacted an agent she found on Justdial and met with her and her boss in Andheri. They promised her a job in Oman as a housemaid with a monthly salary of Rs 25,000, which she initially refused. After they offered her better terms, she accepted a job in Muscat and left India on July 26. On arriving at Muscat, a man in his 20s picked her up at the airport and drove her to a bungalow owned by an Omani. Later that day, she was taken to an office where she saw other women, most of them from India, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.