Junagadh: A case against over 20 persons including the relatives of the victim was lodged in Mangrol police station of Junagadh district in Gujarat today in connection with the alleged rape and sexual exploitation and forced prostitution of a Bangladeshi minor girl.

The 14 year old Bangladeshi girl was found weeping in the ST bus stand in Mangrol. An employee of the depot had handed her over to the police. The girl said that her uncle and aunt] a resident of Chandanpur in Bangladesh had sold her to others, who raped here in Howrah, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Junagadh and forced her in to flesh trade.

Police today lodged a case against over 20 persons including her uncle Ismail, his wife and others from Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Howrah and Junagadh. The victim claimed that around a dozen other girls like her have also been forcefully put in to flesh trade.

The local crime branch of Junagadh police is investigating the matter.

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