PANJIM: An inter state sex racket was busted by the Goa police today. A tip-off from Manipur police led to the raid where the police rescued 11 girls from a beauty-cum-massage parlour at Candolim.
The Women and Child Protection team also arrested five boys employed at the parlour and is most likely to arrest the owner Mahalaxmi Mishra. The raid was carried out in view of a letter written by Manipur Superintendent of Police to Goa Police that Manipur girls were used for sex trade in Goa and are working at the parlour.
“The Manipur police had written to Goa police that girls working at the parlor were brought down from the state. The intimation was in wake of several cases wherein north eastern women and girls are trafficked in Goa,” Margao-based women NGO Bailancho Ekvott chief Auda Viegas told the waiting journalists late night.
Viegas was called to assist the police team during and after carrying out the raid. She further told reporters that the Manipur Government also expressed concern that girls though are not professional beauticians have been employed at such parlours. “They found it suspicious and therefore asked Goa police to carry out a raid,” she further said.
A high-voltage scene unfolded inside women’s police station at Panjim when Mishra was locked inside the police station with the arrested boys and rescued victims. She kept on banging the door from inside and screaming that ‘I have not done anything wrong. I will not keep quite.’ Media was forced outside the police station as the police closed all the doors creating a panicky situation for nearly two hours.
It may be recalled that Mishra had launched a sustained campaign after series of raids in her parlour led by Calangute police inspector Nolasco Raposo. The owner had also approached Goa State Commission for Women (GSCW) in July that police were harassing her.
Calangute police had rescued 29 girls in a raid along the Calangute-Baga belt in July, five of whom were working in the ‘Shamile beauty lounge’ at Candolim.
Owner of the said beauty parlour Mishra had filed a formal complaint with the GSCW that her female employees were picked up from their accommodation without explaining the offense. (HD)
Thanks to the Goan Police in assisting Manipur Police. This is not only interstate prostitution but also carry interstate sickness. This Mahalaxmi Mishra if true should have banged her head to death. Would the Goan police have raided these places if not for the Manipur Police? Because these parlours are protected by our corrupt politicians Goons.
ReplyDeleteDo not forget guys that the Goa Police also turn a "blind eye" to such Parlours as they get "SEXUALLY SERVICED" there and also get Financially PAID TO GET SERVICED to keep mum(quiet).
ReplyDeleteHope the Police will succeed this time to lock this Mishra and get rid of prostitution in the coastal belt.
ReplyDeleteThe Goa Police must have been enjoying the services at this parlour and also getting paid handsome haftas to turn a blind eye until they were pressurised by the Manipur Police. This is always the case. Our Goa Police cannot do anything on their own because they are corrupt too, like the 40 chors.
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