Retired Colonel Ahlawat involved in a high-profile sex-racket case in Delhi was arrested by police on Thursday after he came to the Saket court to surrender. His involvement in the case is being probed and has been sent to three-day police custody by the concerned court.
The ex-armyman was interrogated by a special team at Safdarjung Police station at the time of filing of this report. Ahlawat had managed to dodge police since the arrest of his alleged partner, Prithrindra Nath Sanyal. He joined the investigations for a few days, but then disappeared, fearing arrest. Police then obtained an arrest warrant against him from a court.
A case was registered against Sanyal and others at Safdarjung Enclave police station on July 20. Sanyal was arrested after documents, indicating his involvement in the illegal activity, were found during raids at his residences in Safdarjung Enclave and Vasant Kunj in the Capitap and also in lucknow by Income Tax authorities
in June.
The IT officials in a raid had rescued a Russian national, from his residence in Safdarjung Enclave. The SMSes and WhatsApp data of the woman's mobile phone indicated that she was being kept against her will. Her travel documents, including her passport, were allegedly taken away by the accused.
In a statement given to the officials, the woman said she was feeling "very insecure" with the accused and wished to leave the premises immediately. She said that she also allegedly attempted suicide by cutting her wrist. The woman came to India on a tourist visa on February 25.
She was introduced to Sanyal by retired Colonel Ajay Ahlawat, who was previously involved in many cheating cases.
The IT raid had also led to recovery of copies of passports of other foreign nationals as well as phone numbers of dozens of women from Central Asian countries.
"Messages exchanged between the accused Sanyal and his associates revealed financial transactions over foreign women.The investigation so far has revealed he has sent messages to Government officials and other senior functionaries, posing as a Member of Parliament and top bureaucrats for getting favours in certain business deals.