Lucknow cops crack trafficking syndicate
The victims, primarily from UP, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, were lured with false promises and forcibly married to men—some significantly older or mentally unstable—in remote rural areas.
The breakthrough came after the south zone crime branch on July 10 arrested two key traffickers Santosh Sahu and his associate Manish Bhandari, who lured girls on the pretext of introducing them to controversial seer Premananda Maharaj.
During interrogation, the police found evidence of a deeper trafficking network led by Manish Bhandari, a middleman based outside the state.
The police said a minor girl from Ahmedabad was trafficked and married to one Banhi in Gangapur City, Rajasthan for ₹70,000. Another girl from UP was sold for ₹80,000 and forcibly married to one Jeetu in Kumawat colony, Beawar. A third victim, also a minor, was married to a tempo driver in Pali for ₹45,000.
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A girl from Chhattisgarh, trafficked and married to a man named Sunil from Sirohi, died shortly after her marriage.
She was sold for ₹50,000.
DCP, south zone, Nipun Agarwal told TOI, "This is not a case of four or five girls. We have traced at least 15 victims so far and more names are emerging." The police are coordinating with law enforcement agencies in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to expose the entire trafficking ring.
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