The police, yesterday, arrested two brothers who owned the bungalow at Sus Road which housed 30 women brought to city for flesh trade.
The police, yesterday, arrested two brothers who owned the bungalow at Sus Road which housed 30 women brought to city for flesh trade. According to local residents, Santosh and Sachin Chandere who were arrested tried to mislead the police claiming they had sold the property to a Ajit Nandalal Ghosh, who allegedly brought the women to the city and forced them into prostitution.
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"The duo initially tried to mislead us on the ownership of the bungalow and said that they had sold it to Ghosh. But our enquiries have revealed that the papers submitted to us were fake," said Police Inspector Ganpat Madgulkar of the Hinjewadi police station. Madgulkar said the Chandere brothers were arrested under various sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PETA).
There were unconfirmed reports that the bungalow was owned by relatives of NCP corporator who later denied of having any relations with the duo who owned the bungalow who shared the same surname as his. The corporator had told MiD DAY that he suspected a political conspiracy behind his name being dragged in the controversy. On Tuesday, the police rescued 30 women, who were brought to the city from Grant Road area in Mumbai. According to the police, the girls hailed from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
The Hinjewadi police have already arrested five persons in connection with the sex racket. Ajit Nandalal Ghosh alais Sharma (45) from Bihar, Bablu Dukhavat Sahu (29) of Amrut Hotel, originally from Orissa, Ravi Gopalsingh Gaur (26), residing at Hotel Amrut and native of Assam, Shankarlal Shantilal Sharma (35) from Rajasthan and Gayatriprasad Jaishankar Singh (29) of Uttar Pradesh. All the five were produced before the sessions court and have been remanded in police custody till 22 July. PI Balasaheb Surve who is investigating the case said the police were trying to find out if the suspects were trying to run an inter-state racket.
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