Woman rescued from prostitution, two held

NEW DELHI - Two people accused of trafficking women have been arrested and a 20-year-old victim rescued, police Saturday said.

Naushad, 26 and Gopal, 26, used to lure innocent women on the pretext of marriage and then rape them before forcing them into prostitution. They were arrested Friday from a house in Mangolpuri in west Delhi, police said.

“The 20-year-old woman was beaten mercilessly and forced into prostitution,” said a police official. The woman was from the northeast region.