Maneka and Arun Tiwari run a general store and were arrested late on Monday night.

The victim, a 16-year-old Dalit girl, was offered to work for the couple by a man named Arman.

Metropolitan Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Neha Tripathi said that poor family background forced the girl to take up the job.

“The girl was forced into prostitution. When he protested, he was brutally beaten and humiliated because he was a Dalit,” said AC Tripathi.

Police said the girl narrated her ordeal to her father who again lodged a complaint against Armaan.

ACP Tripathi said that after investigation it became clear that the couple had forced her into prostitution and they have been arrested.