India repatriates trafficked girl, 17

NEW DELHI: India yesterday handed over to Bangladesh a 17-year-old girl who was pushed into prostitution six months ago by a gang involved in illegal human trafficking between the two countries.

The girl, whose name was withheld, was lured by two members of the human trafficking gang in Bangladesh on the pretext of providing her with a job in a beauty parlour in India.

Ravi Kant, commanding officer of 99 Battalion BSF, said the BSF was taking strict steps to prevent infiltration and human trafficking along the India-Bangladesh border.