Three girls rescued from auction

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Raj Sekhar, TNN | Sep 10, 2014, 04.49AM IST


The girls, brought to the capital on the promise of jobs as domestic helps, were rescued by the anti-human trafficking unit ofthe crime branch. 


NEW DELHI: The owner of a city 'placement agency' held an 'auction' for three Jharkhand girls, including a minor, intending to sell these trafficked women to the highest bidder in a throwback to the days of slavery, police said.

The girls, brought to the capital on the promise of jobs as domestic helps, were rescued by the anti-human trafficking unit ofthe crime branch. Police have arrested the owner of the placement agency and are now looking for other suspects.

Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (crime), said the cops received a tip-off about the auction at Shakurpur area of northwest Delhi after which a special team led by DCP Dinesh Gupta was constituted.