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How Arab customers marry young girls for sex and service in Mumbai
Updated On: 16 December, 2018 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Bhupen Patel
In his first book, mid-day's crime editor Bhupen Patel lets you in on why a sting demands courage and prudence, especially when it's unearthing the dirt on Arab customers marrying young girls for sex and service
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Bhupen Patel outside the qazi's office with colleague Kranti Vibhute, who posed as a would-be bride in a month-long sting for mid-day. Pic/File Photo by Pradeep Dhivar
After having toiled for nearly twenty days, I had a breakthrough in the case. This time, one of my informers took me to the address of a qazi at Do Tanki, near Nagpada, who performed nikahs of girls with Arabs.
At the entrance of the dingy lane, we saw a board for Qazi Mohammad Zakaria Oamar, known as Chief Qazi of Mumbai. He was a grey-haired man, whom all the visitors called 'Qazi Sahib'. There was a line of burkha-clad women outside his office, most of whom were looking for Arab grooms.
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