Mumbai: Ayurveda Doctor held for running sex racket out of his Mahim clinic

A 62yearold doctor in Mahim appears to have taken Marvin Gayersquos Sexual Healing a little too seriously he has been arrested for pimping out prostitutes to his patients The Ayurveda doctor was running a brothel disguised as a clinic at Fishermen Colony in Mahim West where the police rescued two women aged 34 and 38 and seized Rs 39530 in cash along with several condom packets and three handsetsBoga was running his clinicbrothel from a tiny room on the ground floor of a transit camp PicShadab KhanRx for sexAccording to sources from the Social Service branch Dr Janardan Narsaiyya Boga had rented a 180sqft room on the ground floor of a building in a transit camp He had divided that space into three smaller rooms furnished solely with mattresses He pimped out the prostitutes through three separate WhatsApp groups sending pictures and details of the women to the clients in each group If a client was interested he would then send a private message to Boga to strike a deal Locals suspected something fishy about the clinic but nobody complained as it was at a transit camp and there was no society or committee in charge One of the neighbours told midday This doctor has been here for twoandahalf years A clinic should be open for all people but he used to lock the door from inside Even the window would be shut tightDr J N Boga waits in the police van outside Sewri courtBusted wide openThe BAMS doctor only added clients he was familiar with to prevent information leaking out But the police got wind of the prostitution racket Officers spent four days trying to verify this information in order to prevent any embarrassing goofup They even sent an undercover officer posing as a patient but the doctor did not allow him inside the clinic Finally around 8 pm on Monday the police raided the clinic and found their suspicions to be true A team of several male and female officers arrived in three vehicles led by DCP Shivdeep Lande who has additional charge of the Social Service Branch They found the door locked so they knocked on it while they took their positions When Boga opened the door the team stormed inside and found him inside with two womenOne of the officers said The locals had seen many young girls visiting the clinic with heavy makeup along with male visitors who usually arrived by car or costly bikes We were not aware about the racket we could not imagine that a doctor that too a senior citizen could run such a racket from his clinic said another copCase filedLande said After the raid we informed the Mahim police as the clinic falls under their jurisdiction The Mahim police later registered an FIR against Boga under section 3703 buying or disposing of any person as a slave of the Indian Penal Code along with sections 3 4 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act ITPA The police also seized the doctorrsquos stamp and other papers They are currently scanning his cellphone to investigate the methods he used to run the sex racket On Tuesday he was produced in court which sent him to police custody till December 2203 No of mattresses found in the clinic02 Number of women rescued from the clinicCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news current affairs from Mumbai local news crime news and breaking headlines hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go