AGARTALA, Nov 21 (TIWN): Taking the 5 accused to fourteen days of jail custody involved in the sex racket police claimed that the owners continuously threatened the innocent girls to indulge into the sex racket business.

All the three restaurant owners- Madan Debbarma, Papri Debbarma, wife of Shyamal Bhattacharjee and Abhijit Bhattacherjee and the other two arrestees namely Suman Das and Prasenjit Sarkar involved in sex racket were sent fourteen days of jail custody by the Additional CJM Court on Friday for further investigation.

The court on Friday rejected the bail application of Madan Madan Debbarma, Papri Debbarma, wife of Shyamal Bhattacharjee and Abhijit Bhattacherjee and the other two people involved in the sex racket. Besides, bail has been granted for the rest of the arrestees.

Reportedly, both the minor girls were taken forcefully to the restaurants. There they were being sexually abused at the restaurants. Inquiries revealed that Madan, Papri and Abhijit used to supply women for prostitution to the clients.

It is alleged that the owners were constantly threatening the innocent girls to get indulge into these business or else they will badly exposed with their wring deeds. However, police is further interrogating the accused involve behind running the sex racket.

Earlier, the court had sent all the arrestees to Jail Custody. They were arrested under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986, after West Police on November 8 busted a sex racket arresting 34 accused and the owner of the restaurants from the Adviser Choumuhani. The drive has been lead by West Police SP Bijoy Nag, Additional SP of West Police Station Sarmishta Chakraborty along with other officials.

Besides, several questions are raised against the role of the police department. It’s good that the police have conducted a raid against running such illegal activity in public place but arresting all the 34 people who went there to spent some time with their loved ones has irked resentments among the mind of the people.

However, it has been mentioned at most police could have detain or arrest owners of restaurant if there was specific prima facie charge but they made wholesale arrests which could be insulting for those families of the young girls especially.