Overview
- AHTU officers raided a Taloja Sector 20 flat before dawn on October 30 after a tip-off and rescued the child.
- The accused is identified as Farooq Allauddin Shaikh, a London-based NRI who bought the Taloja flat about two years ago and visited periodically.
- Police say the mother accepted a Rs 2.5 lakh deposit with monthly support and sent her daughter to the man’s flat during his visits.
- Officers seized liquor bottles, sex toys, sexual‑enhancing medication, a digital video recorder and the victim’s clothes to support the child’s account.
- Both suspects were produced in court and remanded to police custody until November 4, and the child is now under Child Welfare Committee care.