One arrested, car recovered in Delhi's Munirka rescue case

In a breakthrough to the Munirka rescue case, one person had been arrested and a car had been recovered on Friday, according to sources.

Munirka rescue case: 1 person has been arrested & 1 car has been recovered. Delhi Commission for Women had rescued 16 girls from Munirka on July 25.

— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2018

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had on Wednesday (July 25) rescued 16 women from southwest Delhi’s Munirka area, believed to have been on their way to be trafficked to Gulf countries of Iraq and Kuwait.

Delhi Commission for Women rescued 16 girls from Munirka area earlier today. These girls were trafficked from Nepal. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/CgXp3JKL2x

— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018

The DCW had alleged that the women were brought to Delhi on the pretext of employment and were kept in a small room for several days and added that their passports were taken away by the traffickers.

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“They were made to stay in the room for the past 20 to 22 days. The girls kept coming on different dates. They said in the last 15 days, seven girls have been sent to Iraq and Kuwait. One of the girls sent outside was pregnant,” the DCW had said in a statement.