The women were live band artistes being detained illegally by four pimps and forced into prostitution
The women were live band artistes being detained illegally by four pimps and forced into prostitutionThe Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths, in their ongoing crackdown on pimps and prostitution in the city, raided a house in Koramangala and rescued three live band artistes who were being detained illegally and forced into prostitution.
Food for sex: The pimps blackmailed the women and denied them
food if they refused to entertain clients. Representation picIt may be recalled that the same team had raided a lodge in the city earlier and rescued 10 live band girls, who were being held under similar circumstances. While CCB officials were able to arrest Amit Kumar (22), from UP and Ravi Kumar Mehta (23) from Bihar, two other pimps managed to escape. According to officials, the accused duo used to supply live band artists to dance bars before the cops clamped down on these establishments.
Work to eat?Thereafter, business was affected and dance bars closed down leaving the women unemployed. In order to recover their losses, the pimps who brought the women from various parts of the country, blackmailed the artistes and denied them food if they refused to entertain clients.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (women and narcotics wing) SV Guled said, "The accused brought the girls from UP, West Bengal and Mumbai with the lure of false promises and profitable returns."
Home boundGuled said that dance bars have shut after new regulations were laid down by the city police commissioner, and the accused illegally detained the women and started a prostitution ring after renting a house in Koramangala. The pimps used to operate their racket by contacting clients on the phone. "After rescuing the three girls, we have made arrangements to send them to their hometowns with adequate police security," he added.
