Nepal, July 24 -- Forty-seven Nepali women, who were being trafficked abroad using Delhi as a new transit point, have been rescued from India and are being brought back to Nepal.

The women were intercepted at Delhi airport on Wednesday evening with the help of the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi, according to a senior government source. The traffickers had reportedly planned to send them to Gulf countries on visit visas.

Instead of being flown directly to Kathmandu, the women will be brought to Bhairahawa and housed in a safe shelter where they will receive counseling, the source added.

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