Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued two minor Assamese girls on Wednesday and arrested one person involved in trafficking them, busting a prostitution racket. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Madhur Verma, said the accused identified as Mujahid alias Surya was arrested from Shastri Park in Delhi
“He was in his Maruti WagonR when he was taking the two victims for prostitution. The car was used for transportation of the girls to different clients. Both the minor girls have been produced before Child Welfare Committee and the Assam Police has been informed,” said the DCP.
After receiving information about the involvement of Mujahid in immoral trafficking and his possession of two minor Assamese girls abducted from their State, a team under the supervision of ACP Anand Kumar Mishra was constituted to nab him and rescue the girls.
The team laid a trap near IT Park in Shastri Park area and at the instance of an informer arrested the criminal who was trying to sell the minors for prostitution.
Mujahid had got into the flesh trade in 2013 and started supplying girls. He was apprehended in a rape case in 2014. After being released on bail on serving sentence for two years, he again got involved in illicit sex trade.