CID Gujarat cracks down on trafficking racket: 22 cases filed at 13 locations
Updated: Aug 1st, 2024
A team led by Gujarat CID Crime head Rajkumar Pandiyan along with 40 police inspectors from CID Crime and Railways raided 35 spas and hotels in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on July 30. In the raid, 13 cases of immoral trafficking, 6 cases under the Foreigners Act, and 3 cases of the Prohibition Act were registered at 13 locations during the raid.
A total of 4 women at the Urban Aqua Spa in Gandhinagar, 5 women at the Galaxy Spa in Sindhu Bhavan Road, 3 women at Maheera Spa in Thaltej, 8 women at Vivanta Spa near Sola Bhagwat Vidyapeeth, 1 Uzbek woman and 4 Indian women from a spa near Sagar Apartment in Vastrapur, and seven women from Maheera Spa at Shivalik Shilp near Iskcon Char Rasta, were rescued from these places.
At the New Comfort Hotel near Panjrapole, officials found an Ugandan woman with a customer. The woman was found to be pregnant. Two women were found at the Maruti Hotel near Ashram Road City Gold Theatre. A Filipina was found at the Pragati Grand Hotel near Zydus Hospital.
Additionally, in a raid conducted at the Ramada Hotel on Prahladnagar Corporate Road, police found a transgender and a Filipina trans woman .
Furthermore, a bottle of IMFL was seized from the Island Hotel near Zundal Circle.
The six foreign women found in the raids were staying in Ahmedabad even after their visas had expired. Complaints were filed against them for violation of visa rules.
The authorities have booked 42 people in the matter, and further probe has been initiated.
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