Delhi: Cops bust prostitution, human trafficking racket involving foreigners

A team of the AntiHuman Trafficking Unit AHTU and the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a gang of alleged human traffickers in South Delhis Malviya Nagar area who used to lure foreign women to work as sex workers and brought them from various regions of Uzbekistan to India and got them involved in prostitution officials said on SaturdayDeputy Commissioner of Police Crime Vichitra Veer said that five people have been arrested so far in the matter including foreign nationals Those identified were identified as Mohammad Arup 34 Chande Sahini 30 Ali Sher Tilladaev 48 Jumayeva Aziza 37 and Meredob Ahmed 48 Aziza and Ahmed are Turkmenistan nationalsBased on secret information a constable was sent as a decoy customer and a SubInspector was deputed as a shadow witness and agents were contacted After finalising the deal the decoy customer was sent to an address in Malviya Nagar The agents Arup and Sahni asked the decoy customer to choose from the 10 foreign women in front of him Accordingly a raid was conducted at the given address and both the agents were nabbed on the spotAll the foreigners were asked to produce their valid visa and passport for their stay in India but they failed to produce any legal documents On sustained interrogation it was revealed that Jumayeva Aziza and her husband namely Meredob Ahmed are kingpins of this racket Uzbek national Ali Sher Tilladaev used to lure foreign women to India on the pretext of providing good jobs from their country and then handed over them to Aziza and her husband The couple would force the foreigners into prostitution police saidThe premise was taken on rent by an agent of Aziza and who is still absconding police said A case under Sections 370 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code IPC and 3 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act has been registered at Crime Branch Police Station and an investigation has been taken up A separate case has been registered in PS Crime Branch for violation of the Foreigners Act ie for violating the provisions of that act by the foreign nationalsAlso Read Maharashtra Sex racket busted by Thane Police 3 women rescuedCertain passports mobile phones and travel documents have been recovered verification of which is still in progress It is likely that more people are involved in this racket an aspect which will be taken up in the further investigation This is not the first time a prostitution racket involving foreign girls has been busted in Delhi In March 2022 an international prostitution racket was busted in Delhis Pandav Nagar area The ring was allegedly being run from an OYO hotel and six people including three women from Uzbekistan were nabbedEarlier this year in March only a highprofile prostitution racket being operated in the vicinity of the Aerocity area at IGI Airport was busted and three accused in the case including the girl was arrested During the investigation the police found that the broker Naveen along with the coaccused Riyash Siddiqui was operating the sex racket from a hotel taken on lease in Sector 45 Gurgaon Both were operating an organised racket of prostitution in Delhi and NCR along with their three other associatesOn May 25 2022 Delhi Police arrested a man and three women for running a sex racket in New Delhis South Rohini area According to the police a constable who was in plain clothes was deployed as a decoy customer and was given Rs 2000 in 4 notes of Rs 500 denomination In May 2022 only a sex racket being operated from a spa centre at a mall in Delhi was busted and 12 people including 11 women were arrestedSimilarly in April the Delhi Commission for Women busted sex racked being allegedly run inside a massage spa centre in the Azadpur area of DelhiThis year in February Delhi Polices Crime Branch busted a sex racket involving foreign girls operating in South Delhi and arrested two people in connection with the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever