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| name= Meergunj<br />
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| settlement_type = [[Neighborhoods in Allahabad|Neighborhood of Allahabad]]<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = State<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = City<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Allahabad]]<br />
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| governing_body = Allahabad Municipal Corporation<br />
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'''Meergunj''' or '''Meerganj''' is a [[red-light area]] in [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="scoopwhoop">{{cite web |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Rohit |title=8 Largest Red Light Areas Across India |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/red-light-areas-india/#.liry4brga |website=ScoopWhoop |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en |date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Apart from local [[sex worker]]s, many are [[sex trafficking|trafficked]] from the Indian states of West [[West Bengal|Bengal]], Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and the neighbouring countries of [[Nepal]] and Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sex racket busted in Allahabad, 19 women detained |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/sex-racket-busted-in-allahabad-19-women-detained_776026.html |newspaper=[[Zee News]] |date=17 May 2012|accessdate=13 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The area is known for [[sex trafficking]],<ref name="India.com">{{cite web |last1=Dwivedi |first1=Aditya |title=400 girls still imprisoned for selling in barav Allahabad {{!}} इलाहाबाद के बराव में बिकने के लिए अभी भी कैद हैं 400 लड़कियाँ |url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/others/400-girls-still-imprisoned-for-selling-in-barav-allahabad/ |website=India.com |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en |date=13 July 2016}}</ref> involvement of gangsters<ref name="India.com" /> and violence.<ref name="scoopwhoop" /><ref>{{cite web |title=2 ITBP jawans 'on a pleasure trip' to red light area shot dead |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/2-itbp-jawans-on-a-pleasure-trip-to-red-light-area-shot-dead-637611.html |website=News18 |accessdate=16 December 2018 |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Srivastava |first1=Piyush |title=Uttar Pradesh: Man slits sex worker's throat, case registered |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/sex-worker-dholpur-meerganj-red-light-area-allahabad-badshahi-mandi-ps-ramrati-ka-koth-251223-2015-05-03 |website=India Today |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en |date=3 May 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 2016, social worker Sunil Chowdhaty filed a petition in the [[Allahabad High Court]] to have the red-light district closed and the trade moved to the city outskirts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Farhan Ahmed |title=Man Who Fought Against Sex Trade Ready To Contest Poll |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20170119/281616715072083 |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |accessdate=16 December 2018 |date=19 January 2017}}</ref> Although opposed by the State Government, the Court ruled in favor of the petition.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pandey |first1=Rajesh Kumar |title=HC orders Allahabad DM to look into Meergunj flesh trade - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/HC-orders-Allahabad-DM-to-look-into-Meergunj-flesh-trade/articleshow/50575965.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=16 December 2018 |date=14 January 2016}}</ref> However, the sex workers returned to the area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saini |first1=Rajesh |title='आओ राजा' कहकर बुलाने लगी युवती, पुलिस वाले देखकर रह गए हैरान |trans-title='Ao Raja', the young woman started calling, the police were surprised to see |url=https://www.amarujala.com/national/crime/women-prostitute-gang-active-again-at-allahabad-red-light-area |website=Amar Ujala |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=hi |date=30 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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