Puducherry: The police arrested a coast guard officer and a investor in connection with the case of a child’s prostitution in the Puducherry.
The arrests have been identified as K Jagath aka Jagathratchagan, 24, a small class 3 officer attached to the coast guard station in Puducherry, and K Seenu aka Seeninivasan, 54, a investor from Cheyyar in the Tiruvannamalai District, who used to be a business trip to Puducherry.
The police have so far captured eight people in connection with the case of child prostitution and launched efforts to identify nearly 40 people, who sexually attacked the little girl at the spa during the period.
Another captured person is the proprietor Spa Sunitha, who forced the little girl into meat trade, and R Vigneshwaran aka Vignesh, 29, Ramapuram, Chennai, S Arun, 24, KottoPalalayam, Puduchery, and Boopathy, 24, from TV Nagar In Puducherry, graduated from Ranjith Devanathan engineering from Villupuram district and Srinivasan insurance agents from Cuddalore Regency.
Boopathy is a former member of the police.
Police said several teams raided the spa and massage center simultaneously within the puducherry city limits a few days ago following the complaints that prostitution developed at the facility.
Police arrested 10 people, including two couples, and saved nine women, who were forced to become prostitution.
The question revealed that the one who was saved was a 17-year-old little girl.
The little girl told the police that more than 40 people had sexual abuse at the spa.
The police have ordered the perpetrators identified and unknown under the Section 6 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault) and 8 (punishment for sexual violence) prevention of children from sexual law (Pocso), 2012.
Police also booked owners and Spa manager and massage center under section and 16 (reduction of violations) of Pocso acting and below section 370 (trade in people), 370 (4) (where violations involve underage trafficking), 370-a (exploitation of people who Trading) and 366-A (mastery of little girls) from Indian Criminal Code.
They are also ordered under section 5 (procurement, inducing or taking someone for prostitution), 5 (1) (d) (D) (inducing someone to continue prostitution) and 6 (holding someone in a place where the prostitution is brought at) and 6 (2) (a) (where a child or small found in a brothel house, is, on a medical examination, detected has been sexually misused, it will be considered, except the opposite proven, that children or minor have been detained for prostitution purposes) from law – Traffic (prevention) that is immoral, 1956.