Thane: A 17-year-old girl from Bangladesh was allegedly sold and pushed into flesh trade in Thane, Mumbai and Bangalore, police said today. The teenage girl, hailing from Muldhar village in Faridpur district of Bangladesh, has alleged in her complaint filed yesterday with Thane's Kalwa police, that her friend's acquaintance repeatedly raped her in April, while promising marriage at her native place, Sub-Inspector Sachin Ambre said. In the same month, he sold her to agents (involved in trafficking) in Bangladesh who in-turn sold her to their counterparts in India, he said.

The girl was subsequently brought to Maharashtra's Thane district and pushed into flesh trade, he said. She was taken to customers at various places in Thane, Vashi in Navi Mumbai, Mumbai and Bangalore, he added. The girl also alleged in her complaint that along with her a 25-year-old woman, from Joy Nagar in Murshidabad of West Bengal, was also pushed into prostitution and taken to customers at various places, the police officer said.