Overview
- Gurugram Police and the Haryana State Commission for Women carried out simultaneous searches of 18 spa centres at Sapphire 90 Mall in Sector 90, a six-hour operation that ran from 10pm to 3am Friday.
- Officers found prima facie evidence at eight of the centres and seized electronic devices, digital media, physical material and documents that are now being forensically and digitally examined.
- About 50 people were questioned at the scene, including around 30 women who are being interviewed to determine whether they are victims, employees or part of a wider facilitation network.
- Preliminary proceedings were led by ACP Abhilaksh Joshi under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and the case file will be handed to the SHO of Kherki Daula police station for detailed investigation and any legal action.
- Officials said the operation involved nearly 100 police personnel, a duty magistrate and commission chair Usha Priyadarshini, and that further action will depend on the evidence produced by the forensic review.