They were brought to Delhi on pretext of employment but were then housed in a small room for several days

NEW DELHI: In a major anti trafficking movement, the Delhi Commission for Women rescued 16 girls who were trafficked from Nepal and were on the verge of being further trafficked to the Gulf area.

Senior officials said that at 1.30am on Wednesday, DCW received a tip-off about the girls and teams along with the DCW chief, Swati Maliwal, rushed to the spot from where the girls were rescued.

They were brought to Delhi on pretext of employment but were then housed in a small room for several days. Their passports had been stolen by the traffickers.

The traffickers had been running this racket at this location for last eight months and several girls had already been sent abroad.



In Video: 16 girls trafficked from Nepal rescued in Delhi's Munirka