Pune Horror: Woman, Minors Used As Sex Slaves For Three Weeks in Kusgaon, Rescued by Police; Two Arrested
Police have rescued a woman and two minors, including a young girl, who had been held captive as sex slaves in a house near Lonavla’s Kusgaon area for three weeks. During this ordeal, both the woman and the girl were repeatedly gangraped.
Pune, October 1: Police have rescued a woman and two minors, including a young girl, who had been held captive as sex slaves in a house near Lonavla’s Kusgaon area for three weeks. During this ordeal, both the woman and the girl were repeatedly gangraped. The minors were found chained within the house.
Cops arrested two men and detained their two juvenile aides in this connection. The arrested have been identified as Raj Siddheshwar Shinde (25) and Dnyaneshwar Rambhau Lokre (41) from Maval taluka, reported NewsNine.
These suspects were part of a larger gang, totalling ten members, including three women, known for targeting tourists with armed robberies in the Hanuman tekdi and surrounding areas of Lonavla. The remaining gang members, all with criminal records, are currently on the run. Mumbai: Thrown Out of House by Sex Worker in Kamathipura, Man Makes Fake Threat Call to Police Control Room, Arrested.
Cops said that the accused crimes included disrobing and assaulting tourists with knives at Sahara bridge on September 17, robbing them of cash and cellphones. One stolen cellphone was recovered from Shinde. On January 23, the same gang assaulted and robbed tourists near Lonavla bridge. Chennai Shocker: Man Kills Wife for Denying Sex, Given Lesser Jail Term by Court Citing ‘Sudden Provocation’.
During questioning, they admitted their involvement in the armed robberies and the abduction of a woman, subjected to repeated gangrapes and abuse while confined in Shinde’s residence. The survivor, a 22-year-old woman from Mathura, had left her home due to domestic issues and was abducted on her arrival in Lonavla. The police also found two minors who had run away from Karnataka to Lonavla and were kidnapped by Shinde, his wife Kareena, and their associates. The captors kept them chained, abused them and forced them into domestic work. The girl disclosed the horrifying ordeal of repeated rapes by the two men. The police safely handed over the minors’ custody to their families from Karnataka.
Multiple charges have been registered against the arrested men, including gangrape, armed robbery, and abduction. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act was invoked for offenses against the minor girl.
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