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Neighborhood of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India
Meergunj or Meerganj is a
red-light area in
Allahabad ,
Uttar Pradesh .
[1] infamous for flesh-trade. Apart from local
sex workers , many are
trafficked from the Indian states of West
Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and the neighbouring countries of
Nepal and Bangladesh.
[2]
The area is known for
sex trafficking ,
[3] involvement of gangsters
[3] and violence.
[1]
[4]
[5]
In 2016, social worker Sunil Chowdhaty filed a petition in the
Allahabad High Court to have the red-light district closed and the trade moved to the city outskirts.
[6] The Court ruled in favor of the petition.
[7] However, most of the sex workers returned to the area.
[8]
See also
References
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a
b Bhattacharya, Rohit (2 May 2015).
"8 Largest Red Light Areas Across India" . ScoopWhoop . Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
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"Sex racket busted in Allahabad, 19 women detained" .
Zee News . 17 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013 .
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a
b Dwivedi, Aditya (13 July 2016).
"400 girls still imprisoned for selling in barav Allahabad | इलाहाबाद के बराव में बिकने के लिए अभी भी कैद हैं 400 लड़कियाँ" . India.com . Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
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"2 ITBP jawans 'on a pleasure trip' to red light area shot dead" . News18 . 9 September 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
^ Srivastava, Piyush (3 May 2015).
"Uttar Pradesh: Man slits sex worker's throat, case registered" . India Today . Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
^ Siddiqui, Farhan Ahmed (19 January 2017).
"Man Who Fought Against Sex Trade Ready To Contest Poll" . Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via PressReader.
^ Pandey, Rajesh Kumar (14 January 2016).
"HC orders Allahabad DM to look into Meergunj flesh trade - Times of India" . The Times of India . Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
^ Saini, Rajesh (30 October 2017).
" 'आओ राजा' कहकर बुलाने लगी युवती, पुलिस वाले देखकर रह गए हैरान" ['Ao Raja', the young woman started calling, the police were surprised to see]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 December 2018 .
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