Gurugram, May 23 -- A 23-year-old tribal woman from Jharkhand, who was allegedly trafficked to Delhi as a minor and forced to work as a domestic help without pay for nearly five years, was rescued from a businessman's residence in Gurugram's Sector 40 on Friday, police officers said.

The rescue was carried out by a joint team comprising officials from the Gurugram police anti-human trafficking unit, the district administration, the Jharkhand government and Delhi-based NGO Mission Mukti Foundation.

Police said the woman, a resident of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand, was allegedly brought to Delhi in 2021 by a woman who promised her a job. At the time, she was a minor, officials said.

According to police and NGO officials, she was told ...