A forced labor case from 2023 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. 1 source on file.
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Workers from Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in bonded labor at construction sites. Advance payments created unpayable debts. Accused: Construction contractors using bonded labor brokers.
Anti-Human Trafficking Unit Maharashtra. Workers released; contractors charged. Government rehabilitation scheme.
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Four people have been arrested in the case including three agents from West Bengal (Dildar Mohammed Younus Hussain (32), Sabina Mohammed Alam (25) and Shahanarabegum Gazi (23)) and the owner of the brothel (Gauri Kancha Tamang (37) who has three previous registered charges against her). The suspects lured the three minors to come to Pune from Bangladesh with the pretext of getting them a housekeeping job and marriage. The girls aged from 15 to 17.
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Ten women were rescued during a Mumbai Crime Branch raid on two premises at Gulshan Mahal Building near Kamathipura. Police said the women had been brought from different parts of India, including West Bengal and Odisha, and forced into prostitution. Accused: Brothel owners and trafficking intermediaries.
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Women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked into brothels. Debt bondage and document confiscation used for control Accused: Cross-border trafficking network with brothel operators.