Six Bengal teenagers held for flesh trade

jamshedpur: six women of west bengal's howrah district have been arrested on charges of being involved in flesh trade, the police said on wednesday. most of the accused are teenagers. the women were nabbed in the sleepy town of bahragora, over 70 kilometres from here, in the wee hours of wednesday. the police picked them up from an indira awaas dwelling that had been illegally encroached and was apparently being used a brothel.almost all the sex workers had been brought from west bengal, police sources pointed out. a 30-year-old woman, jyothsana, is believed to be instrumental in bringing teenage girls to bahragora from west bengal. she has been arrested. the other accused have been identified as archana das, kalpana majhi, sima kaur, anjali jana and deya kaur. the six women have been forwarded to judicial custody. according to sources, along the national highway 33, a cluster of indira aawas houses was coming up as the local red light area with young women scouting for clients. two killed: in another incident, two people were killed and ten other injured in a road accident near jaduguda in east singhbhum district on wednesday evening. according to the police, the mishap occurred when a mini bus was trying to overtake another. the injured have been admitted to the uranium corporation of india limited hospital in jaduguda and the government clinic in potka.