Police rescue a 16-year-old girl from Kolkata’s red-light area of Sonagachi within about an hour after receiving a distress call, according to reports. Authorities say the girl told them she had been “sold” after fleeing home with her “lover.”
Both outlets report that the incident follows the girl running away with a man she described as her lover. Times of India adds that the girl alleges she was sold by one man to another after they reached Kolkata, and it identifies two people—Shafiqul Molla and Saharul Laskar—who police apprehend in connection with the case. NDTV describes the rescue and the initial account that she was sold, quoting an officer on the rapid response after the call.
Authorities register a case and investigate the circumstances leading to the girl’s presence in Sonagachi and the alleged involvement of the men, the reports state.
