Bangladeshi girl 'sold' by step-mother escapes to India

A woman allegedly sold her step-daughter to human traffickers in Bangladesh but the girl managed to escape by jumping off the Mumbai-Howrah Mail at Mughalsarai Railway Station today, police said.

Sonali, 18, a resident of Putauli are in Jaisore district of Bangladesh, was allegedly sold to two persons by her step-mother in Bangladesh, they said.

The girl, while being taken to Mumbai by the duo, escaped by jumping off the train when it reached Mughalsarai Railway station in Uttar Pradesh.

RPF officials later handed over the girl to an NGO.

No arrests have been made so far in this connection.