A shocking case of human trafficking came to light in Hyderabad after a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl escaped from her captors and sought help at the Bandlaguda police station. The minor had been trafficked under the pretext of tourism and was later forced into prostitution.
According to her statement, the girl was lured by a woman named Rupa in Dhaka, who promised to take her on a trip to India. They crossed the border illegally by boat and later reached Hyderabad by train. Soon after, the girl was sold to a dancer for Rs 20,000 and pushed into the flesh trade.
Over the next six months, she was moved between pimps and forced to entertain customers in hotels. One of the traffickers, identified as Mohammed Sameer, regularly took her to clients. During one such incident, she spotted a police station in Bandlaguda and managed to run away. She immediately approached the police and narrated her ordeal.
The girl explained that she remained silent earlier as she had no valid documents and feared being jailed. However, her courage to escape finally exposed another link in the cross-border trafficking racket.
Police officials are still trying to trace her parents in Bangladesh. The case has highlighted the growing menace of illegal trafficking of minors in Hyderabad. According to data presented in the Rajya Sabha, at least 1,301 minors have been trafficked into Hyderabad in recent years.
Authorities have confirmed that several trafficking networks involve Bangladeshi nationals entering India under fake identities. Despite awareness programmes and regular crackdowns, Hyderabad continues to face challenges with cross-border trafficking of young girls.
This case once again underlines the urgent need for stronger surveillance, community reporting, and international cooperation to stop such crimes.
