Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Two automobiles, Ethios Liva GA-03-P-8277 and Maruti Ertiga GA-03-W-8377, were allegedly implicated in the crime on Saturday, more than a week after three cab drivers were questioned in relation to an escort website-based prostitution ring.
CB SP Rahul Gupta stated, “Investigations showed that the taxi drivers were using these vehicles to transport individuals for prostitution activities.”
After looking through taxi ride logs, the team questioned Imam Sutar from Paliem, Umesh Bagli from Reis Magos, and Zeeshan Ali Sheikh from Marod about their possible involvement in transporting individuals, including female victims of prostitution.
The drivers were questioned regarding their potential knowledge of or involvement in the unlawful activities. Since they were linked to the accused running the Goa prostitution ring, all three joined the probe, the Crime Branch had previously said.
In accordance with Sections 67 and 67-A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, Section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, and Sections 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, arrests have been made thus far of Syed Usman, 54, of Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh); Mohammad Mohebbulla, 30 of Gurgaon (Haryana); Yogesh Kumar, 42, of Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh); and Subash Pradhan of Odisha, who was living in rented housing in Nerul.
