The Delhi Police arrested a woman allegedly involved in blackmailing and forcing an Uzbek woman into flesh trade. The victim approached police after freeing herself from her custody. The husband of the accused, said to be the main culprit, remains at large.
The accused couple was identified as Altaf and Anjali who befooled the victim through social media and lured her to come over to the national Capital even as Altaf proposed to her for marriage.
“Altaf befriended the victim using a social media website following which the duo started talking and the victim got trapped in his advances,” said a senior police officer.
“The accused Anjali on Monday was arrested but Altaf is absconding,” police said. According to police, the woman alleged she was raped by Altaf, who introduced her to his wife Anjali and the couple blackmailed her and forced her into flesh trade. She said Altaf had befriended the Uzbek woman on Facebook and she flew down to Delhi on May 6 after being lured by him on marriage promise.
Altaf then took her to a hotel where he allegedly raped her and filmed the act, said police, adding that he then began to blackmail her. The couple, she alleged, had snatched her passport, visa and money. They also confined her into a room and allegedly beat her up regularly. She was forced to attend to the guests, the woman claimed.
The complainant confided into a friend living in Delhi and they approached the Vasant Kunj (north) police station.
A case has been registered under IPC Sections 370 (buying or disposing of any person as a slave) and 376 (rape). A case under the Immoral Trafficking Act has also been registered and police are probing the possibility of a bigger racket involving Uzbek women flourishing in the area.