Bihar girl saved from trafficker at Delhi railway station
NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl, allegedly lured from Bihar and brought to Delhi to be sold for Rs 2 lakh, was rescued by the police near the railway station, an official said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Shashi Kumar, 23, lured the minor girl during a train journey and brought her to Delhi under false pretences, police said.
'A suspicious man was spotted with a young girl at the station. He was apprehended on the spot, and the girl was taken away for preliminary questioning,' a senior officer said.
The girl said she was a resident of Darbhanga, Bihar, and had left home two days ago after a quarrel with her mother. She was approached by the accused at Chhapra Railway Station, the officer said.
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