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Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Woman torture case: Police launches probe
Kolkata, Police have launched a search for the mother-son duo who allegedly detained and assaulted a woman in their residence in Domjur in Howrah district for refusing to act in a pornographic film, an officer said on Sunday. The 23-year-old woman, a resident of Sodepur in North 24 Parganas district, is undergoing treatment at the College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, the officer of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said. "The accused woman and her son are absconding and a search for them has been launched. We are trying to probe whether they were running any pornography film racket in the veil of running an event management agency," an officer of Howrah City Police said. Sources in the police said that the accused woman, along with her son, was also running a film production house where "soft pornographic reels" were shot. "Initial probe has revealed that they used to lure young girls looking for employment under the pretext of a good salary and then force them to take part in films with pornographic content," the officer said. The accused woman was also allegedly running a sex racket in the area, he said, adding that it was also being probed. The victim alleged that more than the son, his mother used to torture her during her "captivity" at their Domjur residence. "I want the police to arrest the woman. She used to torture me the most. She used to beat me while this guy, her son, used to watch that from a distance," she said. The victim had come in contact with the man from Howrah's Domjur on Facebook last year. He had promised her a job if she came to his residence, a police officer said. When she visited his Domjur residence to discuss the job, the youth, along with his mother, allegedly assaulted her after failing to lure her into the profession of a bar dancer and forced her to do domestic chores, the woman's parents said in the police complaint lodged at Khardah police station. The victim has also claimed that her mobile phone was taken away by the two accused.
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Time of India
Kol Pol STF constable arrested in 2.7 crore mid-day cab heist case
1 2 Kolkata: Nine days after a heist of Rs 2.7 crore from a taxi in central Kolkata, the Kolkata Police detective department arrested a KP Special Task Force constable. Six others had been arrested in this case earlier. Mintu Sarkar (43) was taken into custody from the detective department office on Tuesday. Sarkar, a resident of Chandail village in South Dinajpur, has been suspended from his job pending enquiry, said Lalbazar officials. "We are looking into his exact role. We can confirm that he was roped into this gang through a key player who is yet to be arrested. This key player is also the same person with whom the main architect of the crime — Riju Hazra (27), an employee of the forex firm whose money was looted — is linked. Hazra and Sarkar were not directly in correspondence. At least three other names are under scanner. It is too early to comment if anyone else with a police background was involved. Sarkar's name came up when we questio-ned the other accused," said an officer. Sarkar was presented at Sealdah court and was sent to police custody until May 28. The city has witnessed the arrest of at least 11 cops from Kolkata Police and Howrah City Police since 2022 for allegedly being involved in crimes where traders or their employees were put in fear of arrest and their money and ornaments snatched, or plainly cheating the public with fake jobs. The current robbery under investigation occurred on May 5. Prior to Sarkar's arrest, the police had apprehended Sanjib Das alias Pocha, Mohammad Sarfaraz alias Sonu, Riju Hazra, Shahrukh Sheikh, Alamgir Khan, and Amiruddin alias Gujjar from various locations, including Entally, Subhasgram, and Mathurapur. "The involvement of an employee, and now, a police constable, indicates this was a well-planned operation with multiple layers of insider information," said an date, cops have recovered Rs 71.9 lakh of the stolen money. "Recovery operations are ongoing, and we expect to retrieve the remaining amount soon," the officer case reminded cops of an arrest under similar circumstances when three cops — two constables and a civic volunteer from Ekbalpore Police — were arrested in 2022 for allegedly threatening and assaulting two forex firm employees carrying Rs 33.3 lakh cash to deposit at a local bank, and snatching the same from them after confining them to a hotel room.
