PANJIM: The Crime Branch has written a letter to the Indonesian Embassy in Mumbai, asking the officials there to make it convenient to interrogate and record the statements of the Indonesian girls, revealed the investigating police officer from CID/crime branch, Ms Sunita Sawant.
Ms Sawant stated that the Vice-Consul General of Indonesia was presently in Hyderabad and so could not be contacted or communicated with, but said that they were expecting a favourable reply in a day or two.
Ms Sawant said. "Presently all the 11girls are in the custody of the Indonesian Consulate in Mumbai, and so we have asked for a convenient date for recording their statement and ascertain what the facts of the case are.
Ms Sawant added that as of now, the police have not been able to establish the reason why the residential documents of the girls were held back by the spa owner, even though he had given their passports back to them.
According to the documents available, the police have been able to ascertain that a total of 23 Indonesian girls were brought to India on an employment visa and one-year contract. They were also informed that they would be given a salary of ` 15,000 per month and that they would also get a 10 per cent commission on the business, added Ms Sawant. Ms Sawant informed that when instructions were given by the Director General of Police, Mr Bhim Sain Bassi, to investigate the case, the spa centers in Panaji and Calangute were searched. Investigations also revealed that initially, all the 23 girls were brought down to Goa and put through 2 months compulsory training in facial, manicure, pedicure, hair and others treatment. Out of 23, eight were sent to Calangute, seven were in Panaji and rest were in Bandra Mumbai. (NT)
Goa Police can soon look at travelling to Indonesia to get statements from the girls.The Indonesian Embassy can only house them for a short period.I am still waiting for the sttements from Lucky Farmhouse in Sweden.
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