Archive · 14 Dec 2025
Bharuch Police Bust Flesh Trade Racket
The Bharuch district police in India recently stopped a bad group that was forcing women to do illegal work.
They saved 14 women, most of whom were from Bangladesh.
The police also caught four men who were part of this group.
These men were tricking women by promising them jobs but instead making them work in bad places.
The police found the women in different places and also found some money and fake papers.
The men who were caught will be punished for their actions.
Bharuch district police rescued 14 women, including 12 from Bangladesh and 2 from West Bengal, from a flesh trade racket.
Four men were arrested for facilitating illegal immigration and running the racket.
The women were forced to work as sex workers in spas and guest houses in Bharuch and Ankleshwar.
Farooq Shaikh, one of the arrested, confessed to facilitating 60 Bangladeshi women to live illegally in India.
Police recovered mobile phones, cash, and identity cards during the raid.
- Who
- Bharuch district police, 14 women (12 from Bangladesh, 2 from West Bengal), 4 arrested men (Farooq Shaikh, Nazim Khan, Raees Shaikh, Sujitkumar Jha)
- What
- Busting of a flesh trade racket involving illegal immigrants
- When
- Saturday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Bharuch, Gujarat, India
- Why
- To rescue women from illegal flesh trade and arrest those facilitating it
- Number of Women Rescued
- 14 (12 from Bangladesh, 2 from West Bengal)
- Number of Arrested
- 4 (Farooq Shaikh, Nazim Khan, Raees Shaikh, Sujitkumar Jha)
- Locations of Rescue
- Jambusar, Bharuch, Ankleshwar
- Charges Filed Under
- Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023
- Items Recovered
- Mobile phones, cash (Rs 64,000), identity cards
- Alleged Facilitation
- 60 Bangladeshi women facilitated for illegal living in India