Unable to take family pressure, Howrah sex racket kingpin's daughter killed self in 2021
Howrah: Shweta Khan, alias Fultusi, in her 40s, and her 26-year-old son, Ariyan, who co-owned Ishara Productions, allegedly ran an adult film and prostitution racket under the guise of an event management firm from their rented apartment in Howrah's Bankra.
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They forced young women into it and brutally tortured them if they refused. Fultusi even tried to force her own teenage daughter, Ishika, into this trade, but she refused. Ishika, aged 18, died by suicide in 2021. Both mother and son are on the run.
The probe into the role of the mother-son duo began after a 22-year-old Sodepur girl, now in hospital with severe wounds, managed to escape from their "custody" after three months and informed the police.
Howrah DCP (South) Surinder Singh said: "Their flat is locked. Their cellphones are switched off. We are investigating all complaints against them." The DCP mentioned that the complaints included the possibility that the duo could have fled abroad, including to Bangkok.
Bankra 1 panchayat pradhan Akhtar Hossain Mollah stated: "The daughter was tortured. We know they left little evidence of their misdeeds." Masud Alam Khan, a local businessman, said, "My son and Ishika were classmates till Class XII.
Ishika confided to my son that she was desperate to leave her home. She borrowed Rs 1500 from him to appear for a govt job. After her death, Fultusi demanded Rs 2 crore or threatened to file an FIR.
I refused to budge; later, a probe cleared the false allegations."
Fultusi's mother, Shehnaz Begum, confirmed the abuse her granddaughter endured before her suicide. Fultusi's ex-husband Mohammad Syed Morselim alleged that Fultusi married him for financial gain and abused his family.
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Fultusi publicly flaunted her political links on social media to intimidate locals. Fultusi is now being linked to a Trinamool Congress minority cell's local unit and had posted photographs on her social media account with several political leaders, even campaigning for the 2024 LS polls. State minister Arup Ray said, "I know nothing about this woman. The party cannot help if someone tries to individually fault their political links.
If anyone backed them in the party, they will be punished. The party does not endorse this."
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