Kamathipura

Climbing Kilimanjaro for Mumbai's red light district

Mid-Day.com | Tuesday February 7, 2012

It can't get more global. Three Americans climbing a mountain in Africa to help sex workers of Kamathipura in Mumbai.

Two-month-old sold to brothel for Rs 12, 000

Mid-Day.com | Monday January 16, 2012

A two-month-old baby was stolen from Girgaum and later sold for Rs 12,000 to a brothel keeper in Kamathipura. Police managed to recover the baby and arrest the culprits on Sunday. Officials believe the gang used to steal infants regularly and traffic...

24-yr-old caught selling new bride to brothel keeper

Mid-Day.com | Wednesday October 19, 2011

An unsuspecting woman on the verge of being thrust head-long into a life of prostitution found unexpected and unlikely saviours in the form of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Mumbai's oldest red-light area, Kamathipura. Their presence of mind and com...

For Rs 50,000, man tries to sell nurse to brothel

Mid-Day.com | Wednesday September 14, 2011

A 19-year-old girl had a narrow escape after she heard her boyfriend having a conversation with a stranger at Kamathipura, Mumbai's Red Light Area. The girl, a nurse, had accompanied her boyfriend Sameer Mohammed Ali Shaikh, on Monday to meet Shaikh'...