Two girls rescued
Gangtok, June 12 (PTI) Police rescued two girls, who were forced into prostitution from an apartment at Upper Arithang here and arrested a person under the prevention of immoral trafficking act. Acting on a tip-off a police team led by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Gangtok, Ongmu Bhutia raided the apartment last night and rescued the two girls. The two rescued girls aged 19 and 24 alleged that a woman named Sharmila lured them to Gangtok with a promise of a good job but forced them into prostitution. During the raid the police arrested one person named Bhim Bahadur Gurung aged around 55 years, a resident of Lower Nandok who was hiding with one of the girls in a room, the SDPO said. The girls rescued have been sent to 'Mamtalaya' near Amdo Golai.
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