Pune: Cops rescued Bangladeshi sisters from intercourse racket

In 2013, a person kidnapped two women from Dhaka and offered them to flesh commerce brokers in Pune. In a rescue operation, the police made a raid at brothels and located the ladies. They later despatched the ladies again to Bangladesh.

The intercourse racket 

In 2013, over 10 years in the past, a person kidnapped two women from a Bangladeshi household and offered them to intercourse racketeers in India. The women have been each minors on the time of the kidnapping, aged 15 and 17. The women have been tracked down in Pune and have been rescued by the Pune metropolis police, led by police inspector Bhanupratap Barge of the crime department. 

The crew of police rescued the Bangladeshi women in a ‘24-hour, continuous operation’. The women have been then despatched to Bangladesh. 

In keeping with the police, the accused recognized as Rocky had an affair with one of many victims. Assuring the woman of a number of faux commitments, the accused kidnapped her and her sister from Dhaka on 14th Might 2013. The accused entered India by way of the border illegally with the 2 victims. 

The seek for the ladies started in Mumbai when an official from the legislation enforcement equipment in Bangladesh’s authorities initiated contact with the officers in India. The Bangladeshi authorities made a request to trace down the ladies after they suspected that the ladies have been being taken to Mumbai. Nonetheless, after the search operation was performed, the ladies weren’t present in Mumbai. 

The women have been later discovered by a intercourse employee in Pune who contacted their relations (who’re based mostly in Kolkata) to assist them reunite. The uncle of the victims who lives in Bangladesh was then contacted and knowledgeable of the identical. 

Lady rescued from empty water tank 

Police inspector Bhanupratap Barge and the crew acquired data from the informers after which they started with the search in Budhwar Peth and Shukrawar Peth areas. Inspector Barge acquired the knowledge of an auto driver who was accountable for dropping off the ladies on the brothel in Pune. The essential tip was given by his informer ‘Mumtaz’. 

In keeping with him, they obtained additional leads from the questioning of the autorickshaw driver and have been capable of hint one of many victims. The woman was present in an empty water tank on the roof of a brothel located in Budhwar Peth. Two accused, Sunil Vichare and Taniya Vyapari, have been arrested by the police crew. 

Second sufferer rescued by distracting the guard canines with mutton

The authorities reported that Rocky was a well known determine within the intercourse trafficking trade and had offered the 2 siblings to pimps Mukti and Taniya in Pune, fetching quantities of Rs 50,000 and Rs 70,000 for the sisters respectively. Taniya supposedly transferred one of many women to a brothel in Budhwar Peth, whereas her sibling was handed over to Vilas Kasle, an individual concerned in each development and the intercourse commerce.

Kasle was apprehended by the police, and utilizing data obtained from him, they situated a residence within the Undri space. To keep away from alerting the occupants, together with safety personnel, the police employed a strategic tactic involving distracting guard canines by throwing items of mutton to maintain them from barking. This allowed them to discreetly enter the premises and efficiently rescue the second woman, a major operation spanning 24 hours and necessitating coordination between the 2 nations’ governments.

Upon being reunited, the rescued sisters have been overcome with emotion, marking a vital mission that was executed diligently. The operation was led by Barge, a retired assistant commissioner of police who had been honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service.