New Delhi : Delhi Police has cracked a Prostitution Racket Case and has arrested the accused for forcing over 50 girls into sex trade. Delhi Police has probed the case and has arrested the prostitution gang operating in the Delhi-NCR area and arrested the kingpin, a woman. The prime accused, Somita Sheikh, allegedly forced more than 50 girls into prostitution.
The accused, sold minor girls from the streets. A preliminary investigation revealed that the 29-year-old prime accused, Somita Sheikh, used to operate under many aliases —Maryam, Kirti, Baby. She is believed to have sold more than 15 girls in Delhi.
East Delhi DCP Priyanka Kashyap said that case of two missing minor sisters was registered later, one of the girls was rescued from the New Delhi. She said, “A case of two missing minor sisters was registered on November 23, 2019. A month later, one of the girls, aged 15, was rescued from the New Delhi Railway Station. She disclosed that they had met a man named ‘Raja Bhaiya’ who, along with his brother-in-law ‘Raj’, trapped them in a room in Uttam Nagar, Delhi.”
Adding on she said, “After 5-6 days, another man named ‘Vishal’ came to the place, bringing with him a 17-year-old girl from Kolkata. After another week, Vishal molested her and tried to rape her.”
“Later, Raj and another man named ‘Sunny’ raped the girl, before selling her to the Sheikh and two others — Naresh and Anjali — for Rs 2 lakh. The girl was then taken to Sector-34, Pocket-4 in Rohini, Delhi. Once they reached the place, Naresh, Baby and Anjali started torturing her to force her into prostitution, but she somehow managed to escape,” Kashyap said.
During the investigation course many names have been cropped. Sheikh had managed to stay out of the cops’ radar due to lack of sufficient details about her.
Kashyap said “The other girl mentioned in the complaint was rescued from Mumbai. Her statement corroborated what her sister had said. A team, comprising Inspector Jainender Kumar, SI Sanjay Kumar, SHO of Mayur Vihar Banwari Lal and, ACP of Mayur Vihar Hari Singh, visited Sheikh’s Rohini address and got further information about the prostitution gang in the area. Soon, a massive manhunt was launched and Sheikh was nabbed. Upon interrogation, she revealed that she hails from Kolkata.
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