A Kenyan wowan, who was confined illegally by two African nationals, has been rescued by police on Thursday from Rajpur Khurd in south Delhi's Mehrauli area, following a complaint by a Kenyan Embassy official.
Both the accused have been identified as Kenyan nationals Alice Njoki and Classidy Jeremiah. While Alice has been arrested, the other accused managed to run away during the police raid.
"A complaint was lodged at Mehrauli Police station by Frederick Ndegwa, political counselor from Kenya Embassy, on the intervening night of July 17-18, about the illegal confinement of the Kenyan woman Gladys wambui mwangi, 26, in Rajpur Extension," said additional Deputy Commissioner of Police(South) Nupur Prasad
The location, where the woman was reportedly kept, was identified by the police as a house in Rajpur Khurd Extension, who rescued her after a raid, said the police official. A case under relevant sections of IPC was registered and an accused woman Alice Njoki, from Kenya, was arrested, said a police official of South district.
During investigation police found that Gladys, the victim, was brought to India on promise of a secretary's job in China. But, she was confined illegally by the accused in a house in Mehrauli. Her passport was also snatched away from her as she was forced to join illegal activities by the accused.
Police has registered a case against the accused under sections 342,370,307,506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and further investigations in the matter is on, the official said.