Days after Chennai's child welfare committee (CWC) rescued a 16-year-old Vasai-based girl, who was allegedly forced into prostitution by her stepbrother and sister-in-law, the Virar police on Friday registered a case in the matter and booked the accused. Police sources said the girl, who was seven months pregnant, had been handed over to the Palghar district CWC.

Initially after the Virar police handed over the case to the Manikpur police, the latter found that she was a Vasai resident. When a team reached the location and spoke to her, she said her stepbrother and sister-in-law forced her into prostitution, and they used to send her to nearby guesthouses and hotels with unknown men daily.