3 girls rescued from forced prostitution, 4 arrested

Police in Chittagong city yesterday rescued three teenage girls from forced prostitution and arrested four people in this connection.

The arrestees are Nasir Uddin, 48, his wife Kulsuma Begum, 40, and their accomplices Ali Hossain, 30, and Shamsul Islam, 38, said police.

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On information, a team of police from Panchlaish Police Station conducted a drive at a house in the city's Hill View Residential Area in the morning and arrested the four in connection with the force prostitution, said Inspector (investigation) of the police station Gias Uddin.

Later, police rescued the girls, who are aged between 16 to 18 years, from the house. They were confined to the house for around three years, he said.

Quoting the girls the inspector said that the arrestees brought them in the city from different areas of the country after alluring them to give jobs in different private companies.

A case was filed with the police station in this connection. Later, the arrestees were sent to jail, he added.