Law caught up with human trafficker Sonu Punjaban, alias Geeta Arora, as a Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced her to 24-year imprisonment for forcing a 12-year-old girl into prostitution.
Punjaban was earlier convicted for kidnapping, human trafficking and prostitution by a Delhi court on July 17. This is the first case against her in which she has been convicted.
Sandeep Bedwal too was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping the minor girl.
The story goes back to September 11, 2009, when girl was kidnapped by Bedwal. According to prosecution, after raping her, he sold her to a woman named Seema, who resold her to Punjaban. The minor girl was forced to sell her body by both Seema and Arora.
Before sending the minor to customers, Punjaban used to administer her drugs such as proxyvon and alprex tablets.
She also injected drugs to the victim so that the body of the victim became tight and more suitable for prostitution, police said.
The victim escaped on February 9, 2014 and filed a complaint at Najafgarh police station.
The police is yet to catch all the accused in the case.
Aroroa was convicted by a special POCSO court under various charges pertaining with kidnapping, etc of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant Sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act dealing with prostitution.
A day after her conviction last week, Arora attempted suicide at Delhi’s Tihar jail. She was immediately rushed to Deen Dayal Hospital after her condition worsened. She is said to be out of danger now, according to doctors.
