The police busted a group involved in prostitution in Banjarawala area of the State capital on Saturday night. Acting on a tip off, a police team raided a house in the locality and arrested two persons for engaging in illegal activity of flesh trade. The police team also rescued five women from the clutches of the organised gang. It is learnt that the senior officers of Police of the district were getting constant complaints of activity of flesh trade in Banjarawala area of the city from residents and informers.
On the basis of these complaints Additional Superintendent of Police, Tripti Bhatt constituted a team under leadership of Patel Nagar police station in charge BBD Uniyal. On Saturday night the team picked up an informer from Kargi chowk area and reached the Banjarawala. The informer pointed the house where the group was operating. The police raid caused a stir among the occupants of the house.
The Police found one man and woman in compromising position in one of a room of the house while in another room one man and four women were present. On search of the house the police team recovered many objectionable material and objects which were confiscated as evidence against the accused. On interrogation the women revealed that one Govind Singh has forced them in the trade.
The police team registered a case under section 3/5/6 B/8 of illegal trafficking act and arrested Govind Singh Mahar a resident of Tehri Garhwal and Shyam lal a resident of Dharasu in Uttarkashi. ASP Tripti said that the five women would be given counseling and would be handed over to their relatives. The police team included ASP/ CO Tripti Bhatt, Inspector BBD Uniyal, Sub Inspector Arun Kumar Saini, Constables Narendra Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Sandeep Kumar and women constables Neeta Gairola and Neeta Kumari.