A news appeared in print and digital media on 12 Oct 2023 about the rescue of 33 women and arrest of 25 people from 7 rooms in a Search operation (raid) carried out on V P Rd Girgaum, Mumbai by the Crime Branch of Mumbai police under Sec. 15 of the ITP Act. The news also stated that the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai conducted a hearing of brothel keepers and brothel owners and finally sealed the brothels for two months. Some of them were represented by their lawyers. This part of the news is new for lay readers and people in the Anti- Human Trafficking sector as well. While they would find it interesting, it is only natural that they will have many questions seeking answers. This document is an attempt to meet some of those questions.
