BENGALURU: A 35-year-old travel agent was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport on the charge of trafficking and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. He was allegedly taking her to Delhi after promising her a job on Wednesday.
The girl had run away from Kolar home in search of a job. The accused is M Nagesh, a resident of Bande Bommasandra, near Byappanahalli. At the airport, Central Industrial Security Force sleuths noticed the girl accompanying Nagesh was disturbed and he was trying to console her in the boarding lounge. The sleuths questioned the girl and found she was being trafficked. Nagesh was handed over to police custody and the girl reunited with her family.