Arunachal Police Rescue Seven Women, Arrest Two in Lodge Trafficking Raids

Overview

• Banderdewa police teams, which raided two Itanagar-area lodges Friday, rescued seven women and detained two suspects.
• The arrested are Fardaus Ahmed, 35, and Moina Das, 34, both from Assam, according to Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega.
• Police said managers at NK Lodge and Lovely Lodging admitted the rooms were used for prostitution, with one manager reporting all six rooms were dedicated to it for months.
• Cases were filed under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, India’s main law used to prosecute commercial sexual exploitation.
• Investigators said the victims were mostly from poor or broken households in Assam and were exploited for sex work, and the probe into the network is ongoing.