Thane police on Thursday foiled an attempted human trafficking case, rescuing a 15-year-old girl who had been transported from eastern Indian state of Bihar to Maharashtra’s Thane to force her into prostitution.

Quoting an official, newswire PTI reported that Thane police laid a trap near a hotel in the Wagle Estate area and caught a 26-year-old man from Aurangabad district with the teenager. He was identified as Shravankumar Sudhama Choudhary.