Overview

• The Howrah court remanded Shweta Khan to eight days and her son Aryan Khan to nine days of police custody on charges including detaining a woman for pornographic shoots.
• Shweta was slapped and pelted with shoes by agitated women during her June 13 court appearance, prompting stepped-up security.
• Police interrogations have exposed contradicting statements from Shweta and suggest links to a wider sex trafficking network.
• The NCW has instructed West Bengal police to provide free medical treatment plus counselling for the victim and report actions taken.
• BJP leaders have demanded a central agency investigation into alleged ties between the accused and senior Trinamool Congress figures.