How a Nagpur Police Raid to Rescue Underage Sex Workers Criminalised an Entire Neighbourhood
One of the 81 women arrested during a police raid on Nagpurâs red-light district suffered a miscarriage while in custody, and says officials took 24 hours to take her to a medical centre.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Women18/Jan/2021
Nagpur (Maharashtra): On December 10, 2020 afternoon, at around 2 pm, 60-year-old Gopi was sitting at a tea stall when the Nagpur police descended on the cityâs Ganga Jamuna area. He, and close to 130 others (both men and women), were rounded up, put in police vehicles and taken to the Lakadganj police station.