The two girls kidnapped from state capital Bhopal were to be sold to a physiotherapist female doctor in Delhi and deal was also finalized for Rs 3 lakh; police have also rescued two others girls from the gang.
Five members of this gang were caught by the police from the house located in English Villa in Kolar area of Bhopal.
The gang is linked to interstate human traffickers. The accused include Haryana resident Archana Sen (32), her husband Nishant Ramaswamy (35), a Kerala resident, Archana's son Suraj (19), 14-year-old minor daughter and Suraj's girlfriend Muskaan Bano (19) of Barabanki (UP).
It has been revealed from the accused that the gang members are active not only in Delhi but also in Haryana and Rajasthan. They kidnap children and sell them. The team of Bhopal Crime Branch is now preparing to go to Haryana and Delhi.
Kajal (8) and Deepawali (11 months) were abducted from the curfew-bound Mata Mandir premises on the pretext of organizing a Kanya Bhoj. To prevent the girls from being identified, the accused had shaved their heads.
Archana told that according to our tradition, Kanya Bhoj is organized only after the girls are tonsured. She was going to return the girls but was arrested before this. When a female police officer interrogated her at 2.30 in the night, Archana called Muskaan her younger sister. Called a 14 year old minor as his daughter. Changing the statement, he said that the girls had filth in their heads. For this reason he got tonsured. Kajal told him that her parents beat her and keep her hungry. For this reason he kept the girls with him. Raised them like her own daughters.
The female officer interrogated Muskaan separately.
He told that Archana is his sister, but Suraj is not his brother. Muskaan called Suraj her husband and refused to be involved in the kidnapping of the girls. On showing the CCTV footage, she said that the girls were kidnapped with the intention of selling them.
In the crime branch, Suraj and Nishant clearly denied that the girls were kidnapped and said that their wives had told them that the girls did not have parents. Have brought them home with the intention of raising them. On Wednesday morning he also admitted to being associated with a human trafficking gang.
Bhopal Police has also found two girls from this vicious gang, who are not theirs. These include three-month-old Angel and two-and-a-half-year-old Akiro. Even before this, this gang had bought and sold children. Archana told the police about these girls that their parents had raised the girls.
Has been handed over to us. He was very poor. Raising children was taking a heavy toll on them. For this reason he gave the girls to them. Later Archana told that the parents of the girls had passed away. For this reason she brought the orphan girls along. She was going to hand them over to people who do not have children.
Police have also recovered three-month-old Angel and two-and-a-half year old Akiro from the accused. Police are locating their parents.
Police have also recovered three-month-old Angel and two-and-a-half year old Akiro from the accused.
Archana and Nishant have revealed during interrogation that the physiotherapist from Delhi has been in touch with them for a long time. She sells children to childless couples.
DCP Crime Branch Shrutkirti Somvanshi said that the accused are members of a human trafficking gang. At present he has given information regarding two incidents in Delhi and Bhopal. He is being interrogated in connection with other similar incidents. Archana told that she was going to hand over the girls to childless couples.
