Daijiworld Media Network

Dubai, May 30: Dubai Police officers raided Deira nightclub in Dubai and were shocked to discover four underage Bangladeshi girls forced into prostitution.

The teenage girls from Bangladesh, aged between 16 and 17 brought to Dubai after being promised jobs, were forced to work as dancers and prostitutes at a nightclub in Al Muraqabbat.

A senior police captain said “all the women were working as dancers and prostitutes and four of them were under the age of 18. We raided the place and rescued the victims and sent them to a Women and Children’s Shelter in Dubai. The defendants brought the victims using passports with an older age to enter the country.”

One of the girls, who is just 17-year-old said she took a job in Dubai to support her family. “I agreed to work as a dancer because my family is poor and needed money. Four days after arriving in the country, they took us to the nightclub and told us that we will work as dancers. They asked me to have illegal affairs with three customers per month.” she said.

Five defendants, aged between 20 and 39, have been referred to Dubai Public Prosecution to complete the investigation after being charged with human trafficking and running the brothel. However, the defendants denied the charges in court and the trial will resume on June 18 to hear the witnesses.