French national robbed by sex worker, aides

Cops say accused may have looted others

French national robbed by sex worker, aides

Cops say accused may have looted others

A French national was robbed by a 39-year-old sex worker and her four aides on Saturday evening. Police said the Frenchman Sebastien Marcaillou, who lodged an FIR at the Connaught Place police station, had know the woman Meena (name changed) for the last five years.

Busted: The sex worker (extreme left) and her three aides who robbed
a French national in Connaught Place area on Saturday in New Delhi
on Monday. PIC/Imtiyaz Khan

"Whenever he came to India, he would meet Meena who always posed as Sarika Chaudhary for him. On Saturday, Meena called up Sebastien, who was staying at hotel Park near Connaught Place, and both decided to meet. Sebastien wanted to meet her in the hotel itself but she pretended that she had some work and said they would go to her New Friends' Colony flat where he had visited her earlier too," said a senior police official.
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"At around 6 pm on Saturday, Meena reached hotel Park in her car to pick Sebastien and they drove towards the fixed destination. However, on the way she opted for an isolated route which was a part of her plan. Her two aides Yash alias Dk and Naresh, a bouncer who were following them on a bike then intercepted their vehicle. The duo hit Sebastien on his face and robbed of him of his valuables.

They even attacked Meena to avoid any suspicion. Sebastien was then thrown out of the moving car near Golf Links area," the police official added.u00a0Sebastien, who is sales manger with a French Company, then approached the police and reported the incident. He told the police that he used to visit India quite often and at times even lived in Meena's house in New Friends' Colony. This time he came to India on an official tour and reached Delhi on April 16 but was robbed the same day.

"Initially, he refused to believe that Meena could be behind the robbery," the police official said. The police then detained Meena and during questioning she broke down and confessed her role in robbery. "She said that as she was growing old, she was losing her regular customers. So she had decided to form a gang to earn money through crime and also get even with her customers who were not paying her full.

She then met Naresh, a bouncer at a restaurant and developed friendship with him. He later introduced her to Amit and Yash. Meena would then call her old friends and take them on a ride during which her aides would rob them," said the official. The police said that though she might have robbed many but the French national was the first one who approached the police to complain against her.