Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- It took 15-year-old S. nearly a year to speak up about her trauma.

Her story begins in July 2019. With only her mother and a mentally challenged older brother at home, she decided to come to Kathmandu at the age of 14 to find a simple job.

But in less than two months she found herself sold to a brothel in Delhi, India.

According to the police, S's trouble started soon after she arrived in Kathmandu and visited her stepsister asking for help to find a job.

Her stepsister, who was living in Balaju, introduced her to a man, whom police identified as Arpan Tamang alias Raju Tamang.

Tamang befriended the teenager, promised to find her a job and even marry her. He took her to a guest house near the Gongabu bus park, r...