Ahmedabad: Teen ‘sexually exploited’ for 10 months; brother of HIV-positive accused held

On March 22 past year, the unfortunate had gone to a locality successful Ahmedabad for a societal lawsuit with her family. Around 8 pm, her begetter filed a ailment alleging that her girl had been kidnapped from the venue. An FIR was filed astatine the constabulary presumption concerned. A lawsuit was filed nether Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code.

The insignificant miss remained missing for 3 months pursuing the FIR, aft which the probe was handed implicit to the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), F Division, Ahmedabad metropolis police. However, erstwhile the divisional ACP besides failed to find the girl, the lawsuit was handed implicit to the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Crime Branch.

Meanwhile, the minor’s begetter had besides filed a habeas corpus plea successful the Gujarat High Court.

The AHTU yet managed to hint the main accused to a municipality successful Madhya Pradesh. He was apprehended and the miss was brought backmost to Ahmedabad wherever she reunited with her family. The accused was handed implicit to constabulary and placed nether apprehension connected February 6.

During questioning, it was revealed that the main accused had been suffering from HIV for the past 10 years, starring investigators to fishy that the subsister could person contracted it. The inspector told The Indian Express that the aesculapian trial of the subsister was inactive pending arsenic she was sick and traumatised by the 10-month ordeal.

Notably, an AHTU connection mentions that the HIV-positive accused whitethorn person sexually exploited six different females earlier. The constabulary are investigating into this matter.

An AHTU connection besides said that the main accused utilized to enactment adjacent the workplace of the minor’s begetter and had developed an acquaintance with him. He began to predominant their location and be societal functions, frankincense besides processing a enslaved with the minor.

On March 22, 2024, helium called the insignificant to a colony successful Ahmedabad and hid her astatine a rented house. The AHTU alleged that the main accused’s member and parent had helped him successful the act. The AHTU had besides alleged that the main accused had past taken the insignificant to Surat successful Gujarat, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Beed successful Maharashtra, Hyderabad successful Telangana, and Bilaspur successful Chhattisgarh to evade the police. Further probe successful the lawsuit is underway.