Obscene photos, child pornography found during raid at Bhopal rape accused’s flat

Obscene images of ladies, youngster pornography and paperwork on illegally-encroached authorities land price crores of rupees had been seized by the police in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal throughout a raid at a flat of a 68-year-old man, who allegedly raped six minor women, stated police.

During the raid on the residence of the accused at Shyamla Hills locality, who has been absconding for the previous three days, police discovered he had encroached upon authorities land in a minimum of 12 completely different localities, stated an official conversant in the investigation into the case.

“His flat at Shyamla Hills had an interior design like a dance bar that was used for raping the minor girls many times. The flat’s walls were pasted with obscene pictures of women. Police also found stuff related to child pornography. At least 100 Indian made foreign liquor bottles were also seized from the flat,” Sai Krishna Thota, superintendent of police (Bhopal South), stated.

A joint workforce of district administration, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the police on Tuesday additionally razed a three-storey condominium allegedly illegally constructed by the rape accused on authorities land in Budhwara locality, Avinash Lavania, Bhopal district collector stated.

The joint workforce had demolished a wedding corridor adjoining to the condominium on Monday. The marriage backyard unfold over 5000 sq ft was additionally constructed illegally on authorities land. The worth of each the properties—the wedding corridor and the condominium—is estimated to be greater than Rs 5 crore, stated an official from BMC.

The man, who runs a small vernacular each day, additionally owns costly four-wheelers, together with an Audi automotive and a Mitsubishi Pajero. Thota stated they’ve seized each the automobiles.

Bhopal Police additionally arrested three folks from the state capital on Tuesday, together with a lady, who’s a grandmother of one of many victims and was conscious of the rapes. The two others are individuals who used to lure women for the primary accused.

Sweeti Vishwakarma, who lives in a slum close to Shyamla Hills and labored as an assistant to the primary accused, was arrested for luring minor women on Sunday.

Police have additionally registered an FIR beneath part 14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act for youngster pornography and beneath the related part of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at Shyamla Hills and Koh-e-Fiza police stations in opposition to the accused, stated police.

Earlier, the person was booked beneath part 366 (a) (procuration of minor women), 376 (2) (n) (repeated rape), 120 b (felony conspiracy) and sections 5/6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, based on Irshad Wali, Bhopal’s deputy inspector basic (DIG) of police.

“During a counselling session organised by the child welfare committee, two of six minor girls, who lodged the complaint on Monday night, said Pyare Miyan took them as a guardian two years ago by saying that he would take care of their education but later he raped them several times in different places of India including Goa and Indore,” Kripa Shankar Chaubey, a CWC member, stated.

“The girls have been shifted to a safe shelter home where their counselling is being done by us,” stated Chaubey.

Five teenaged women had been discovered by a police patrolling workforce in an intoxicated state in Ratibad space of Bhopal at 3am on Sunday.

The women stated throughout counselling by Childline that the person used to name them to attend events and raped them, based on police.