Police in Bardiya today have rescued five women from Kalika VDC-8 in Bardiya district. They were lured into a job in India and were being trafficked. A team of women police on petrol rescued 21-year-old Bimala Budha from Bageshowri-9, 19-year-old Richa Sunar from Shumshergunj-7, 17-year-old Alisma Kumari from Kohalpur Municipality-10 and 17-year-old Bimala BK from the same locality and Bimal Kumari from Mahadevpuri-10 of the district. Police have arrested 22-year-old Kalpana Bhandari from Bageshowri-9 in the district along with her accomplice 38-year-old Rajendra Prasad Singh Thakuri from the same place and 24-year-old Arbind Kumar Gaur from Jhagawa village in Gorakhpur. They will be lodged a case against Human Trafficking and Transportation Act, according to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Deepak Kumar of the District Police Office, Bardiya. A member of the racket Dhananjaya from Debariy of India, however, has absconded following the rescue of the women, DSP Kumar added. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.