When Tamil Nadu police rescued over 900 victims of forced prostitution in Bombay and brought them back home

A representation by a non-governmental organisation in 1989 led the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID to undertake a rescue operation in the summer of 1990, which, to this day, remains the largest of its kind that the branch has conducted outside the State. The police found that many of the women were lured by promises of attractive jobs and held captive for several months