Acting on a tip-off by an NGO, the Social Services Branch (SSB) arrested a 25-year-old woman for selling her niece for just Rs 1.30 lakh. The police have also arrested her 29-year-old partner who was involved in transporting the minor from one place to another. According to the police, the couple was involved in selling minor girls.

According to crime branch officials, senior PI Sandesh Rewale of SS Branch received a tip-off from an NGO and a trap was laid at Bandra's Hill Road by sending a dummy customer." Our information was very specific that the couple has been involved in selling minors by telling their customers that the girls are virgins and earning in lakhs," said an officer from SS branch.