Meergunj

Meergunj or Meerganj is a red-light area in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. infamous for flesh-trade. Apart from local sex workers, many are trafficked from the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh.

The area is known for sex trafficking, involvement of gangsters and violence.

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. The Court ruled in favor of the petition. However, most of the sex workers returned to the area.