Dimapur Police during raids in hotels, allegedly operating as brothels, in New Market area here on Monday, busted a sex racket and rescued 17 female victims. Six persons were arrested during the raids. Dimapur
additional commissioner of police Relo T Aye said a 40-member team of
Dimapur Police, in a planned and coordinated exercise, during the raids
in “suspected hotels operating as brothels centres” in New Market area
rescued the victims and arrested the six persons.
He said the
female victims were later handed over to different agencies for
rehabilitation as per the legal procedure. The arrested are – Amit
Prasad (18) of No I Bokolia Balijan village under Bokolia Police Station
in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, Md Almas Ali (19) of Palhim Sabar
Ali Village under Morazar Police Station of Hojai district of Assam,
Medozhosa (33) of Tenyiphe-I, Dimapur, Hojrat Ali (22) of Romari Village
under Sadar Police Station of Nagaon district in Assam, Ajay Chandra
(38) of Phukan Nagar under Sivasagar district in Assam and Saidul Islam
(27) of Daupura under Kampur of Nagaon district in Assam.
In this
connection, a criminal case has been registered with the Women Police
Station, Dimapur, under relevant sections of IPC and IT(P) Act for
further investigation. Aye said the modus operandi of the sex racket
involved forced confinement of females in different rooms of the hotels
during “business hours”. He said initial inquiry found that the female
victims are further subjected to extortion from their daily earnings by a
network of pimps and hotel managers. It was also found that the victims
were leading a wretched life.
The raids were a part of Dimapur
Police initiatives in combating human trafficking for sexual
exploitation. The Dimapur Police have issued show cause notices under
Section 18 (1) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act to the owners of
the hotel buildings why their property should not be attached by the
government for prevention of further misuse. In this connection,
correspondences are also being processed to the Dimapur Municipal
Council for cancellation of trade licences of the hotels.
