SASARAM, Nov. 27 -- Rohtas police rescued 17 minor girls during a raid in a red light area at Bardihan village under Nasriganj police station of the district on Wednesday night. Three orchestra operators, including two women, were also arrested.

Superintendent of police (SP) Rohtas, Raushan Kumar said the rescued girls, belonging to Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, were handed over to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) at Sasaram. Authorities in the states concerned were informed about the rescued children.

Following an intelligence input that large number of teenage girls were being brought at Bardihan red-light area from outside the state on the pretext of providing them work in the orchestra, and forced into immoral activities, a poli...