Meergunj

Meergunj
Neighborhood of Allahabad
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
CityAllahabad
Government
 • BodyAllahabad Municipal Corporation

Meergunj or Meerganj is a red-light area in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.[1] infamous for flesh-trade. Apart from local sex workers, many are trafficked from the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh.[2]

The area is known for sex trafficking,[3] involvement of gangsters[3] and violence.[1][4][5]

In 2016, social worker Sunil Chowdhaty filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court to have the red-light district closed and the trade moved to the city outskirts.[6] The Court ruled in favor of the petition.[7] However, most of the sex workers returned to the area.[8]

  1. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Rohit (2 May 2015). "8 Largest Red Light Areas Across India". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Sex racket busted in Allahabad, 19 women detained". Zee News. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Dwivedi, Aditya (13 July 2016). "400 girls still imprisoned for selling in barav Allahabad | इलाहाबाद के बराव में बिकने के लिए अभी भी कैद हैं 400 लड़कियाँ". India.com. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ "2 ITBP jawans 'on a pleasure trip' to red light area shot dead". News18. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ Srivastava, Piyush (3 May 2015). "Uttar Pradesh: Man slits sex worker's throat, case registered". India Today. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  6. ^ Siddiqui, Farhan Ahmed (19 January 2017). "Man Who Fought Against Sex Trade Ready To Contest Poll". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via PressReader.
  7. ^ Pandey, Rajesh Kumar (14 January 2016). "HC orders Allahabad DM to look into Meergunj flesh trade - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  8. ^ Saini, Rajesh (30 October 2017). "'आओ राजा' कहकर बुलाने लगी युवती, पुलिस वाले देखकर रह गए हैरान" ['Ao Raja', the young woman started calling, the police were surprised to see]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 December 2018.