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Meergunj
Neighborhood of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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