Raiding an Andheri bar on Thursday, police chance upon a secret tunnel in its kitchen which was used as a getaway route to help sex workers escape whenever cops came calling. Vijay Bate brings you their modus operandi
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| Though the bar girls were nowhere to be found, cops stumbled upon a bell fitted in an indistinct corner, which raised their suspicion. This bell was used by the bar workers to raise the alarm, alerting bar girls to make a quick exit whenever the cops came by |
The Social Service Branch officers busted a sex trade racket, which had been flourishing in Ratna Park Bar,u00a0 Sahar Road, Andheri (East) last night, rescuing eight girls in the process.
The girls had been giving cops a run for their money in the last few raids conducted at the bar, as they had in place an ingenious getaway plan, requiring considerable acrobatic skills.
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| Though the bar girls were nowhere to be found, cops stumbled upon a bell fitted in an indistinct corner, which raised their suspicion. This bell was used by the bar workers to raise the alarm, alerting bar girls to make a quick exit whenever the cops came by |
"The bar owners had made a tunnel leading from a kitchen compartment. This led the girls away from the bar and into a chawl," said Vasant Dhobale, assistant commissioner of police.
"The girls managed to escape every time the raid was carried out. But this time we ransacked the premises for four hours in a row, and finally found the girls hiding behind the kitchen compartments, trying to flee," he added.
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| Though the bar girls were nowhere to be found, cops stumbled upon a bell fitted in an indistinct corner, which raised their suspicion. This bell was used by the bar workers to raise the alarm, alerting bar girls to make a quick exit whenever the cops came by |
Along with the eight girls, cops arrested bar workers Rohit Shetty, Shrikant Patil, Raju Deshmukh, Uday Shetty and Mohan Kumar Ghouda alias Chottu.
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| Girls walk out of the bar after cops of the SS branch swooped in on Ratna Park Bar in Andheri on Thursday night. Pics/Vijay Bate |
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