MAPUSA
Two women, including a Nepali, were rescued during the raid one of whom was a minor, police informed.
Acting on prior information, Calangute Police led by PI Jivba Dalvi laid a trap near a hotel at Naika-vaddo in Calangute and just when the deal was about to be cracked arrested the accused and the two customers.
“The accused pimp, Uttam Behera of Orissa, was a habitual offender and was arrested twice by the crime branch,” said Calangute PI Dalvi.
The two customers, Deepkumar Verma and Prakash Vaidynathan, who were also arrested, are residents of Gurgaon-Haryana.
Police informed that the accused pimp provided the minor girl with a fake voter ID card in order to conceal her actual age.
Police successfully attached the original ID card of the girl which revealed that she was a minor.
Police recovered six mobile phones, cash and attached a motorcycle (GA-03-Q-2110) and a car (GA-03-R-3327).
The rescued girls have been sent to the protective home.
Police have booked the three accused under various Sections 370, 370 (3) , 370-A , 420 r/ w 34 of the IPC and Sections 4 , 5, and 7 of Immoral trafficking Act, Section 8(2) of Goa Children’s Act and Section 8 of POCSO Act (protection of children from sexual offences).
Besides PI Dalvi, the raiding team comprised PSIs Videsh Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Naik, Kirtidas Gaude, Sitaram Malik, head constable Subhash Malvankar, police constables Francis, Sameer Naik, Swapnil, Shreyas and NGO member Andrea Pereira of Savera.
