Bharatpur, June 6 -- Five persons were arrested and one suspect was detained in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district on Friday after police busted an interstate human trafficking network allegedly involved in trafficking minor girls. Ten girls were rescued, police said.

Jhalawar superintendent of police Amit Kumar on Saturday said the gang targeted poor families, primarily from the Kanjar community, and purchased girls at a very young age. "The children were kept under the gang's control until they reached around 11 years of age, after which they were sold for prostitution in cities such as Mumbai for lakhs of rupees," police said.

"Most of the rescued girls are between four and five years old," Kumar said. The victims were allegedly trafficke...