Mansa, April 25
Following the publication of the report “Girls Bazar in Mansa village”, the police here today arrested a woman identified as the owner of the house where the girl bazar was on.

The police got freed a girl brought here for sale. The Boha police was looking for Bengali pimp Raju and raided several places to arrest him.

Meanwhile the arrested woman is said to have disclosed that she had sold a 20-year-old girl to Major Singh of Dalel Singh Wala village of the district for Rs 8,000 who kept the girl with him for 18 months and further sold her for Rs 20,000. In addition to it four days ago, a girl was sold for Rs 35,000 in Maghania village of the district. The said woman also sold one girl to Sukhwinder Singh of Khudal village of the district who allegedly raped her repeatedly after administering her intoxicants leading her to lose balance of mind. The Bareta police raided the house of the said person and found the girl but she was unable to speak. Residents of Maghania village say that the ‘girl bazar’ was functioning in the village under the patronage of the police. The arrest of the woman was only a “drama” by the police and the woman will appear in the village again shortly and start her ‘business after two or three days. Meanwhile one such girl (19) who was purchased for Rs 30,000 by Gurmail Singh (27), a labourer of Dhaipi village of the district 45 days earlier from Geelu of Malerkotla in Sangrur district has been admitted today in the Civil Hospital here.