Citizens bust sex racket

Asseem Shaikh / TNN / Feb 25, 2008, 04:56 IST

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Driven by suspicious activities in a bungalow at Pimpale Nilakh, people residing in the neighbourhood 'raided' the bungalow on Saturday night to unearth a sex racket involving three men and six girls, mostly college students.

PUNE: Driven by suspicious activities in a bungalow at Pimpale Nilakh, people residing in the neighbourhood ��raided�� the bungalow on Saturday night to unearth a sex racket involving three men and six girls, mostly college students.
The racket was being operated in the guise of a massage parlour.
The Sangvi police, who were summoned at the sight soon after the ��raid��, booked nine suspects under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA).
According to the police, Jyoti Massage Clinic at Samartha colony in Vishalnagar was in operation for the past few months and was often frequented by suspicious characters and a large number of young girls.

The residents stormed the bungalow on Saturday and took its occupants by surprise.
Two of the male suspects managed to give police the slip on the way to the police station. However, they were nabbed on Sunday morning following pressure by angry residents.
The suspects were identified as Nandakumar Shivajirao Kadam (bungalow owner), Bharat Arjun Kamble of Sutarwadi in Pashan (manager of the ��parlour��) and his accomplice Raju Namdeo Sutar.
The girls were identified as Deepa Naidu, Lata Koli, Smita Reddy, Sonali Patil, Swati Pawar and Sonali Kamble.
The police said a shop act licence recovered from the bungalow suggested that the parlour was owned by Jyoti Rahul Naidu.

About the Author

Asseem Shaikh

Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.

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