Kalyan Police bust prostitution ring at hotel, rescue four women

Police busted a flesh trade racket being operated from a hotel in Kalyan city of Thane district and arrested two women while four victims were rescued on Monday an official informed reported PTIThe rescue operation was carried out by the AntiHuman Trafficking Cell AHTC of the Thane Crime Branch in Lal Chowkie area on SundayA case was registered under sections 1431 and 1433 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS for human trafficking as well as provisions of the PITA ActThe accused women had allegedly coerced the victims into prostitution for financial gainThe rescued women have been sent to a shelter home for rehabilitation while investigations are ongoing an official informed reported PTIKalyan rape and murder Police use all resources to nail suspectsSecond accused was found within 24 hours and the main accused within 48 hours both sent to police custody till January 4Even detective Sherlock Holmes a fictional private detective would have found the case a bit challenging as the accused was never really the one the parents of the victim had named as the main suspect The case pertains to the rape and murder of a 12yearold girl on the evening of December 23 in KalyanThe Kolsewadi police used both technical and human intelligence to nail down the real suspects and crack the case first arresting a woman believed to be the third wife of the key accused within less than 24 hours and subsequently zeroing in on the main accused within 48 hours of the crimeOn Thursday the actual accusedmdashVishal Gawli 28 and Sakshi 23mdashwere produced before the special POCSO court in Kalyan as their first remand came to an end The court has extended the police remand of the accused until January 4Investigating officer Inspector Ganesh Nhayade and his team found crucial pieces of evidence including bloodstains on the mat in the auto rickshaw MH 0500 8261mdashcurrently in police custody that was allegedly used to transport the body of the minor girl to an isolated spot in Bapgaon in Padgha police jurisdiction limit where the body was dumpedPolice said that the evidence has been sent for forensic analysis to verify if the blood is of the victim The police also recovered the shirt that the accused wore on the day of incident and also the CCTV footage of the accused from strategic points including mobile tower locationsPolice said they have roped in the Kalyan fire brigade to search for the trolley bag which the accused confessed to having thrown it in a creek near KalyanWith inputs from PTI