KOLKATA: Ekbalpore police have arrested two persons for allegedly trying to sell a 25-year-old homemaker hailing from Mominpore in Bihar's Bodh Gaya for Rs 10,000. The woman has returned home and the cops are looking for at least two more persons — one in Kolkata and one in Gaya.

According to DC (Port) Imran Wahab, Jafar Iqbal, a friend of the victim's husband, complained on January 9 that some unknown persons had kidnapped the victim with the intent of forcing her into prostitution. A case was registered and Ekbalpore police started probe.

They learnt that Mominpore residents Sultana Begum, 25, and her husband Mohd Raja had accompanied the victim to an unknown place promising her a job. But the couple allegedly handed her over to a woman (called 'Bhabi') in Bodh Gaya against Rs 10,000.

When the victim protested strongly, this 'Bhabi' told her that she could go free if she returned Rs 10,000. The victim rang up the complainant and narrated the matter. The accused in Gaya asked the complainant to send the money through a man named Guddu in Kolkata. After receiving the money, 'Bhabi' released the victim who returned to Kolkata.

Sultana and Guddu were arrested on Wednesday.