Maid brought on visit visa forced into prostitution by compatriot

[email protected] (Emirates 24 7)
June 1, 2012

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Dubai, June 1: A 20-year-old domestic helper, OSD, Indian, with the help of other fugitives allegedly promised a compatriot a maid job but forced her into prostitution when she came to the country, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

OSD is also accused of confining the victim, MFA, in a brothel.

The 31-year-old victim testified that she is a widow since 2005 and is looking after two children and is looking for a maid job.

“I first came to Dubai On August 17, 2011, looking for a maid job. I left my mobile number of India with a number of families and places. When I did not get a job for a month, I turned back to my home country. One day I received a call from someone called Mohammed who told me that he is from Mumbai and that a family in Dubai is willing to offer me a maid job for two years for about Dh800 monthly salary. I told him that I cannot stay away from my children for two consecutive years. He offered to issue me a visa just to try and if I was willing to continue a work visa will be issued.

“I accepted his offer and emailed him a photocopy of my passport and pictures. A week later, he told me that the visa is ready. I went to Mumbai on March 5 to travel to Dubai. I met Mohammed at the train station. He gave me the visa and an air-ticket and told me that a man named Shikar will be waiting for me at Dubai International Airport to drop me to the house where I will work and he supplied me his mobile number and I gave him my du mobile number.”

She said: “When I arrived in Dubai, I called Shikar who told me that someone called Dibak, is waiting for me at the gate. The so-called Dibak took me to the car of Shikar, and they drove me to a building in Deira. They entered a flat which was divided into cabins with doors. They told me that I will work here. I told them what work would be here. They took my passport and threw it. As they found that I had come to Dubai, they asked me if I know anyone. I replied negatively so they did not take mobile from me to be able to call my children back home. The locked the door and left.”

She told the court that they returned after an hour and Shikar said that Dibak will stay with her in the same partition area. “After two days of my arrival, Shikar asked Dibak to leave the room and asked me to undress to have sex with me. I told him that I am not a prostitute and pushed him back. He told me that nobody will come and help me because all in the neighbourhood are members of his gang. He terrified me and undressed and had forcible sex. One the following day, he also had forcible sex with me. Then he told me that I will work as a prostitute.

“I refused and asked him for my passport and the air-ticket. He asked me to pay him Rs200,000 that he had paid to the man who brought me to Dubai. I told him that I do not have that amount and that the air-ticket and the visa I got from that man for free. He asked me to work for his account for three months. When he had left the room, I called Mohammed back in India. He told me that I am a woman and I should work as I was requested in order to pay back the required amount and hanged up the call.”

The victim MFA testified before the court that another Indian woman named Lakshmi was also brought into the flat by some men. She was also crying and screaming at them. She was forced into prostitution and then the men disappeared.

Later the so-called Dibak brought a sex customer to her partition who had forcible sex with her despite her screams and resistance. Dibak collected Dh100 from the customer.

“I was forced to please between 3 to 7 men every day. Dibak who was receiving clients and collecting money from them, used to bring condoms. They used to lock flat with a key that Dibak had a copy of,” she testified.

Shikar threatened to sell her to others if she does not cooperate with him and please his customer. She was also threatened that if sold to any other party she would not be able to travel back for five years and would not her children.

On March 19, the victim suffered from severe pain in her abdomen… She called her family back home and told them what had happened to her. Her family supplied her with a wrong number of police in the UAE. She was forced to seek help of one of the sex customers who gave her the police 999 number as well as the address of the flat.

She called the police and told them about whereabouts of the building. “I entered the bathroom and locked it; from its window I could see some African men loading stuff into a vehicle. I also waived my hand upon to the policeman who could see me. Police raided the flat when Dibak came in.

Dibak turned out to be OSD.

Police confiscated control cameras that were fixed by the accused as well as some notebooks where they had recorded accounts of five women.

OSD confessed that he came to the UAE to work as a domestic servant to a family in Al Ain. As he did not pass the medical fitness test, he was offered the job of running the brothel by Shikar for Dh750 per month.

He confessed to confining the victim and forcing her into prostitution and collecting money from customers.

Shikar ran away after he saw the police raid. Police also discovered a camera hidden in plastic flowers that was also connected to the TV. Police knew from the recordings of the camera that he has used the stairs in order to escape.

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Agencies
June 7,2020

Lucknow, Jun 7: From Anamika Shukla to Anamika Singh and finally Priya. The primary school teacher who was found to be teaching simultaneously in 25 schools, not only has multiple jobs but also multiple identities.

Anamika was arrested on Saturday from Kasganj district when she went to submit her resignation after she was served a show cause notice by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), Anjali Agarwal.

Agarwal informed the police and Anamika was arrested.

According to the Kasganj BSA, Anamika Shukla, originally a resident of Kaimganj in Farukhabad is currently doing her B.Ed from the Raghukul Degree College in Gonda. Her other documents are also from the same college.

During interrogation, Anamika Shukla said that she was actually Anamika Singh but as questioning proceeded, it turned out that she was Priya from Farrukhabad.

She has been booked for cheating and forgery under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc.) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating).

According to the police, the woman claimed that she had paid Rs five lakh to a Mainpuri-based man to get this job.

She used Anamika Shukla's credentials to get the job while her real name is Priya, daughter of Mahipal, a resident of the Lakhanpur village of the Kayamganj police circle in Farrukhabad district.

Soron station house officer (SHO) Ripudaman Singh said, "During interrogation, the accused initially claimed to be Anamika Singh, daughter of Subhas Singh. However, her documents are in the name of Anamika Shukla, daughter of Subhas Chandra Shukla."

The accused claimed that she paid the hefty amount to Raj, a Mainpuri-based man for the job and was posted in Faridpur Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) since August 2018.

The police are now trying to zero in on the man who got her the job.

The police also believe that it could be possible that multiple candidates used credentials and 'eligibility' of Anamika Shukla - the real one still remains elusive.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, five more Anamika Shuklas have been found working in KGBVs in Ambedkar Nagar, Baghpat, Aligarh, Saharanpur and Prayagraj districts. She has reportedly drawn a combined salary of Rs one crore in the past one year.

Teachers in KGBV, a residential setup for girls from weaker sections of the society, are appointed on contract and are paid approximately Rs 30,000 per month. Each block in a district has one Kasturba Gandhi school.

Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi said that the incident was 'shocking' and the police would unravel the entire racket in the case. "No officer, employee who connived with this teacher in providing her job at KGBV and subsequently hiding it, will be spared," he said.

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News Network
January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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July 16,2020

Surat, Jul 16: Woman police constable Sunita Yadav, who had a confrontation with a minister's son over lockdown violation which led to his arrest here in Gujarat, claimed she has resigned from service. However, a senior police official has denied it.

Prakash Kanani, the son of Gujarat Minister of State for Health Kumar Kanani, and his two friends were arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating the lockdown and night curfew orders in Surat, a COVID-19 hotspot, a senior police official earlier said.

Yadav, who is being hailed on social media for taking action against the minister's son, told news channels on Wednesday that she had put in her papers.

"I have resigned because I did not receive support from my superior officers. I was only doing my duty as a constable. It's the fault of our system that these people (like the minister's son) think they are VVIPs (very very important persons)," she said.

However, a senior police official here denied that she has resigned.

"She has not given her resignation. The inquiry is still on and technically she cannot resign at this juncture," Surat Police Commissioner R B Brahmbhatt said.

Yadav's action had led to the registration of an FIR and arrest of Prakash Kanani and two of his friends for alleged violation of lockdown and curfew norms in Surat city.

The arrests came after a video of a heated exchange between them and Yadav, who pulled up the trio for violation of curfew, surfaced on social media. The trio was later released on bail.

Since the incident, Yadav is being hailed on social media.

While some social media users called her "Lady Singham" (referring to the tough cop in the Hindi film "Singham"), some suggested she contest the 2022 state Assembly polls against Kumar Kanani, who represents Varachha constituency in Surat district.

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