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In March 2020, when the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed, 21-year-old Haseena Khatun (name changed), from Majgama village of Bihar's eastern Kishanganj district married Afaque Alam.
A week later, in spite of the lockdown, they moved over 1,600 km northwest to Chandigarh in a private vehicle. "I started doing flesh trade against my consent to protect my life," said Khatun, in a statement registered at Kishanganj district's Kochadhaman police station on August 25, 2022. After the wedding, her husband behaved well for a month and then forced her into flesh trade. When she refused, Alam beat her up, and once brandished
