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Child traffickers mistakenly call Delhi police to sell minor girl, arrested

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Child traffickers mistakenly call Delhi police to sell minor girl, arrested

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The two child traffickers, residents of Bihar, had called the GB Road police station thinking the number belonged to a brothel owner

In an unusually ironical, albeit fortunate, twist of fate, two child traffickers reportedly called up a station house officer (SHO) of the Delhi police’s GB Road station, on Thursday, with an offer to sell a minor girl into flesh trade. The duo were tracked and arrested by the Delhi police while the minor girl was rescued.

The two men, both residents of Supaul district in Bihar, had believed that the phone number belonged to a brothel owner in GB Road, a central Delhi locality infamous for its prostitution rings and a dark underbelly that thrives on flesh trade.

A Hindustan Times report quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (central Delhi) MS Randhawa as saying: “the two men fell into a police trap when they called up the station house officer of GB road area in central Delhi, believing the number belonged to an owner of a brothel.”

The men – 24-year-old Amar and 27-year-old Ranjeet Shah, told police the during interrogation that they had got the number from a friend, who claimed he had taken it off the Internet, and had informed them that it belonged to a brothel owner on GB Road.

Randhawa told mediapersons that Sunil Kumar, the SHO of Kamla Market police station under whose jurisdiction the GB Road locality falls, had for the past few days been receiving phone calls from different numbers. The caller, obviously unaware that he had dialed the number of a police station, reportedly told Kumar that there was a “beautiful” minor girl for sale.

“Our officer realised that the callers had mistaken him for a brothel owner. He played along and did not allow them to suspect anything. He struck a deal with the callers to buy the girl. According to the plan, they were to meet outside New Delhi Railway Station,” Randhawa told reporters.

Explaining how the ‘trap’ unfolded and ended in the child traffickers being nabbed, Randhawa said inspector Kumar told the caller that he would send a man to pick up the girl. Thereafter, two police constables, Gulab and Sunder, were sent to deal with the caller posing as buyers. The caller identified himself to the two police constables as Amar.

“Our officers met Amar outside the New Delhi Railway Station. However, he had come without the child. Amar demanded Rs 3.5 lakh for the minor girl. Our team fixed the deal at Rs 2.3 lakh. They agreed and promised to hand over the girl on Wednesday at IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon,” Randhawa explained.

However, while the police had the nab and rescue operation planned for Gurgaon, Amar and his associate Ranjeet changed the plan at the last minute and asked the two constables to come to the New Delhi Railway Station where they said that the girl would be handed over.

“We again laid a trap outside the railway station. Around 5.30pm, our officers paid Amar an advance of Rs 20,000, after which they brought the minor girl. A police team in plainclothes overpowered the two men and rescued the girl,” said Randhawa.

The interrogation of the alleged child traffickers revealed that the minor girl had been conned by Amar into leaving her house and coming to Delhi. Amar had reportedly met the girl in September in Bihar and told her that he had fallen in love with her. He used to call the girl regularly, telling her that he was based in Delhi, and promised that he’d find her a well-paying job if she decided to move to Delhi.

“In October, the minor girl ran away from her family and came to Delhi. Amar then took her to a house and made physical relations with her. After this, he along with his friend, decided to sell her off and had planned to flee Delhi,” an officer investigating the case told reporters.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Manipur: Congress hits back at BJP chief Nadda’s letter to Kharge

Ramesh emphasised that Nadda’s letter is replete with inaccuracies and reiterated that the people of Manipur long for normalcy, peace, and harmony.

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The Congress on Friday lashed out at BJP president JP Nadda’s accusations that the Opposition party was promoting a politically motivated narrative concerning the situation in Manipur.

The grand old party described Nadda’s letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as a 4D exercise, which means denial, distortion, distraction, and defamation.

Nadda, responding to Kharge’s call for President Droupadi Murmu’s intervention and his claims of the Centre’s total failure in managing the crisis, claimed that the consequences of Congress’s “abject failure” in handling local issues in Manipur during its governance are still being felt today.

Responding to Nadda, Congress General Secretary for Communications Jairam Ramesh stated, “Congress President Kharge ji wrote to the President of India on Manipur. Apparently, to counter that letter, the BJP President has now written to the Congress President.”

Ramesh emphasised that Nadda’s letter is replete with inaccuracies and reiterated that the people of Manipur long for normalcy, peace, and harmony.

He noted that they are posed with four critical questions: When will the Prime Minister visit the state? How much longer will the Chief Minister remain in office despite lacking majority support? When will a full-time Governor be appointed? And when will the Union Home Minister be held accountable for his failures in Manipur?

Nadda expressed astonishment at the Congress’s ongoing efforts to sensationalize the situation in Manipur, pointing out that Kharge appeared to overlook the fact that his party’s past government had legitimized the illegal migration of foreign militants to India, during which former Home Minister P Chidambaram had signed relevant treaties.

On Tuesday, Kharge had written to President Murmu regarding the worsening conditions in Manipur, requesting her immediate intervention to ensure that the citizens of the state can live peacefully and with dignity.

In his two-page letter, Kharge accused both the Union and Manipur state governments of “completely failing” to restore peace and normalcy over the past 18 months, resulting in a loss of public confidence in their leadership.

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Rahul Gandhi is right, Gautam Adani should be arrested: RJD president Lalu Yadav

“Rahul Gandhi is right. Adani should be arrested,” said Prasad, who is an old ally of the Congress and a staunch opponent of the BJP, to which Adani is said to be close.

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RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday spoke in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s demand for immediate arrest of Gautam Adani, after the Industrialist was charged in the US for alleged bribery and fraud.

Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said on Thursday that Gautam Adani should be arrested immediately, and his protector Madhabi Puri Buch should be investigated

The former Congress chief claimed that the recent developments vindicate his long-standing allegations against Gautam Adani. He took a sharp dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that Modi is protecting Adani, and is also involved in corruption. 

Yadav, the former chief minister of Bihar, was responding to queries from journalists here about Gandhi’s statement on the previous day, in the backdrop of charges of bribery and fraud against the Adani group in the US.

“Rahul Gandhi is right. Adani should be arrested,” said Prasad, who is an old ally of the Congress and a staunch opponent of the BJP, to which Adani is said to be close.

The RJD supremo, who incidentally has been convicted in several fodder scam cases and is on bail, was also asked about prospects of the INDIA bloc, of which his party is a part, in Jharkhand, where the counting of votes for assembly polls is scheduled on Saturday.

Speaking to PTI, the ailing septuagenarian replied, “I would like to remain focused on my statement that Adani must be arrested. I am not worried much about a new government (in Jharkhand) where we are already in power.” Jharkhand witnessed a straight battle between the INDIA bloc and the BJP-led NDA, which included the JD(U) headed by Nitish Kumar, Prasad’s arch-rival and the current Chief Minister of Bihar.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Gandhi further said that Chief Ministers have been jailed for scams of Rs 10-15 crore, but Adani, who has committed a scam of Rs 2000 crore is walking free.

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Cash for votes row: BJP leader Vinod Tawde sends legal notice to Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, asks them to apologise or face defamation

The BJP leader said the allegations against him were false, baseless and made with malafide intentions.

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Cash for votes row: BJP leader Vinod Tawde sends legal notice to Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, asks them to apologise or face defamation

BJP leader Vinod Tawde, accused of distributing cash to influence voters, has sent a legal notice to Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Supriya Shrinate and Rahul Gandhi over the controversy. The BJP leader has demanded their apologies or face a Rs 100-crore defamation case.

Vinod Tawde’s legal notice came after regional party Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) leader Hitendra Thakur on Tuesday accused him of distributing Rs 5 crore at a hotel in Virar in Palghar district, 60 km from Mumbai, to woo voters.

In the legal notice, the BJP leader said the allegations against him were false, baseless and made with malafide intentions. He claimed that he demanded an apology from the three Congress leaders for their remarks against him in the cash-for-votes row or he would be forced to initiate criminal proceedings against them.

Just a few hours before the Assembly Elections, a video went viral on Tuesday showing BVA workers storming into the hotel in Palghar during a meeting between Vinod Tawde and Rajan Naik, the BJP candidate from the Nalasopara seat. The BVA workers alleged that Tawde was caught red-handed with Rs 5 crore cash.

In the viral video, the BVA workers were seen taking out bundles of cash from a bag, while Tawde was sitting at a distance. The BVA workers also took pictures and videos of him on their phones. Amid these allegations, BVA leaders said that Rs 5 crore cash was distributed, an election official on Tuesday said Rs 9.93 lakh cash was recovered from the hotel rooms.

However, Vinod Tawde denied the allegation, saying he was only providing guidance to party workers on poll procedures and said he was not stupid enough to distribute money at his opponent’s hotel. Speaking to the media, he said that the Vivanta Hotel is owned by the Thakurs, and he is not stupid to go to their hotel and distribute money there.

The Police registered two FIRs against Tawde, BJP candidate Naik and others in connection with the controversy. Additionally, the Election Commission filed three FIRs against Tawde.

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