THANE: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested two persons and registered a case against five others for allegedly raping and trafficking a 24-year-old woman from Khulna district in Bangladesh and selling her for Rs 2 lakh for flesh trade, an official said on Thursday.
The arrested duo, including a woman, was identified as Amir Azam (27) and Shaifali Jahangir Mulla (34), both from Nerul.
"Some agents tricked the victim into coming to India on the promise of a job. After she arrived in India, a man allegedly raped her. Later, some other accused took her to a lodge on Grant road in Mumbai and handed her over to those operating a sex racket," assistant inspector Nilesh Phule of Nerul police station said.
"The agents later took the victim and sold her to two other accused for Rs 2 lakh. She was again forced to become part of a sex racket," he added.
The case against them was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on charges of rape, human trafficking of person, voluntarily causing hurt, common intention, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the Passport (Entry into India) Act and the Foreigners Act.