Millennium Post

SEX RACKET: LIVE-IN DUO NABBED

- OUR CORRESPODE­NT

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have arrested one such Sonu Bangalan and her live-in partner Gaurav Anand who worked as a taxi driver for running a sex racket in Delhi and the National Capital Region.

On May 15, the Delhi Police of South East Delhi received specific informatio­n about Sonu and Anand.

Both were declared proclaimed offender in gangrape case of Shahdra.

The duo had planned to visit Garhi village when the AATS team laid a trap.

Following this, they were arrested.

During questionin­g, Anand disclosed that he is also a proclaimed offender in two cases registered against him in Delhi and Panchkula.

He, along with Soni, used to provide call girls to their clients in Delhi and NCR. Sonu Bangalan's actual name is Nina Soni, said sources.

“Gaurav Anand and Sonu Bangalan were subject to intensive interrogat­ion. Gaurav revealed that he used to work as a driver in a call center. He was removed from the job after he raised voice for enhanced salary. He then had an altercatio­n with his wife and left home. He came in contact with Nina soni alias Sonu Bangalan and started living with her. She was running a call girl racket and Gaurav joined her,” said Romil Baaniya, DCP South East Delhi.

Sources stated that to dodge the police of several states where they were running their sex racket, the duo continuous­ly changed their hideouts for the past several months.

Sonu a resident of West Bengal was abandoned by her husband after she gave birth to two children.

Following this, she came to Delhi and started living with Atul Soni.

It is this when she started the racket. When Sonu came in contact with Anand, she left Atul Soni and started living with Gaurav.

Later, both Anand and Sonu started running this sexual racket.

 ?? PIC/MPOST ?? Sonu and Anand who were hiding in several states for many months were arrested on Tuesday
PIC/MPOST Sonu and Anand who were hiding in several states for many months were arrested on Tuesday

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