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Girl rescued from brothel

6 March 2011, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Unb, Goalanda

Police and DB personnel in a joint drive rescued a girl, aged 14, from a brothel at Daulatdia Monday night. The girl was identified as Happy, daughter of Kuddus Bepari in Sadapur Mohabbatpur village of Nababganj upazila of Dhaka district. She was working in a garment factory in Mirpur. Goalonda police station SI Ilias Munshi said Raju, a young boy allured Happy to marry her in Faridpur on November 30 last year. But, he sold out Happy to the brothel. Later, Happy's family came to know about it and took legal assistance from Ain Sahayata Kendra (ASAK).