May 21 (IANS) Five Nepali girls, including two minors, were rescued from the captivity of two Nepali nationals in south Delhi, police said Saturday.

The accused – Ghulam Gilani Khan, 22, and Abhikeshar, 24, – were arrested from New Friends Colony area, said police.

According to police, the girls were brought to the capital May 15 via Patna by a woman, Meena, on promise of employment. However, they were confined to a house in Julaina in south Delhi since arrival.

‘The girls were supposed to be either employed as domestic helps or to be sold abroad,’ a police official said.

Another accused, Chakra Bahadur Gurang who brought the girls from Patna to Delhi, is missing and on the run, added police. Source