After the arrest of Pritindra Nath Sanyal, 62, from Safdarjung Enclave on Wednesday in connection with trafficking of women from Central Asian countries and running a sex racket, the Delhi Police grilled the accused on Friday for several hours to get to the depth of the story.
Police officials of the south district said the accused tried to mislead police during questioning.
"When he was asked any question he claimed himself innocent and told police that he did not know anything about any sort of trafficking of women nor has connections with any politicians and cricketers. He even denied having any connection to retired Colonel Ajay Ahlawat," said the police official adding, "Ahlawat was questioned and he also denied having any links with Sanyal or any sex racket. We let him go but will soon call him for questioning to ascertain whether he was involved in the crime or not."
When the Delhi Police asked about the Uzbek woman who was allegedly illegally confined in his house to which the accused claimed that he did not know her and said the woman lived at his building on rent.
"When police asked about the woman the accused claimed that she lived in a rented flat at the building he resided and claimed not to know her," police said.
"The accused was giving most of the answer in English and some in Hindi," the police official said.
The Police inspector investigating the matter made him to write down his answers. Police have also found some of his property in NCR areas.
"The matter is of serious nature but it is too early to say anything now. We are investigating the matter further and will soon come out with more leads," said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), Nupur Prasad.
During the search of Sanyal's house, the IT Department officials found a woman who came to India on tourist visa on February 25 and had visited Jaipur, Sariska and Delhi.
She also told them that she was introduced to the accused by one retired Colonel Ajay Ahlawat whose involvement in the case is being investigated.