Six kids have been rescued and 73 individuals arrested from a “brothel” allegedly run by BJP’s Meghalaya vice-president Bernard N Marak in Tura on Saturday, a senior police officer mentioned. Rimpu Bagan, a farmhouse owned by militant-turned-politician Marak, was raided on the premise of a tip-off, West Garo Hills district’s Superintendent of Police Vivekanand Singh instructed PTI.
“We’ve got rescued six minors — 4 boys and two ladies — who have been discovered locked inside dingy cabin-like unhygienic rooms at Rimpu Bagan, run by Bernard N Marak and his accomplices as a brothel, for the aim of prostitution,” Singh mentioned. All the youngsters have been handed over to District Little one Safety Officer (DCPO) for protected custody and additional mandatory motion as per legislation, he mentioned.
Within the raid, 27 autos, eight two-wheelers, about 400 bottles of liquor, over 500 unused condoms, and crossbows and arrows have been seized, he mentioned. Seventy-three individuals have been arrested for his or her indulgence in “nefarious actions” as evident from the fabric seized, the officer mentioned, including that the farmhouse has 30 small rooms.
It’s suspected to be the place the place a woman was sexually assaulted, and a case was filed in that regard in February, he mentioned. The kinfolk of the woman traced her to Rimpu Bagan, he mentioned.
“It was ascertained that the minor was sexually assaulted a number of instances over one week, and a case was registered beneath IPC sections 366A (procuration of minor woman), 376 (punishment for rape) and sections of the POCSO Act,” Singh mentioned. The survivor had instructed the courtroom that she and her good friend have been taken to Rimpu Bagan by the accused. The accused individuals employed a room there and sexually assaulted her a number of instances, he mentioned.
A number of verbal complaints have been additionally obtained from residents of Tura city, alleging that immoral actions have been occurring at Rimpu Bagan, following which the operation was deliberate, the officer mentioned. Through the raid, police discovered many younger women and men with out garments and ingesting. All 68 of them have been arrested, he mentioned.
The supervisor, caretaker and three staffers of the property have been additionally arrested, he mentioned. A case was registered beneath related sections of the IPC and the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956.
Police mentioned they’ve requested Marak to cooperate with the investigation and give up on the Shillong Sadar police station instantly, however he was evading arrest. Marak, an elected member of the Garo Tribal Autonomous District Council, in a press release attacked Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma for the raid on the farmhouse, denying any allegation about operating a “brothel”.
“The CM is getting determined as he is aware of he’s shedding his South Tura seat to the BJP. The raid at my farmhouse is a determined try by him to malign my picture and a political vendetta,” he claimed. The BJP is part of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, led by Sangma’s NPP.
There are greater than 25 legal circumstances in opposition to Marak, the then self-styled chairman of now disbanded militant outfit Achik Nationwide Voluntary Council (B), for the reason that early 2000s, the SP mentioned.
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