Overview
- Acting on intelligence, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit raided a Taloja Sector 20 flat on October 30, rescuing a 10-year-old and arresting Farooq Allauddin Shaikh, 70, and the child’s 30-year-old mother.
- Police allege the London-based NRI purchased the Taloja flat two years ago and repeatedly assaulted the child over roughly the same period.
- Investigators say the mother facilitated access in exchange for a Rs 2.5 lakh rental deposit and monthly groceries.
- Officers seized sex toys, erectile medication, liquor bottles, a digital video recorder and the child’s clothes from the flat as corroborative material.
- An FIR cites BNS provisions for rape and intimidation along with POCSO and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the child is in CWC care, and both accused are remanded to police custody until November 4.