A Bangladeshi sex worker, who had lodged a complaint of sexual assault by 2 men, was arrested by Commissionerate Police for staying illegally in Bhubaneswar without valid documents.
The woman had come to Odisha on the basis of a fake Aadhaar card which she had obtained during her stay in West Bengal.
On Dec 16, the woman had gone to Laxmisagar police station to file a complaint in which she alleged she was sexually assaulted by 2 men in a hotel in Chintamaniswar area of Cuttack Road.
Anup Kumar, Bhubaneswar's Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) said that "There was a case in the Laxmisagar police station where a lady complained that she was abused & misbehaved with in a room. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case & arrested & forwarded to the court two persons who were involved in the incident".
The subsequent investigation revealed that she was a Bangladeshi national & had come to Odisha using a fake Aadhaar card, which had an address of a district in West Bengal.
DCP said, "During the verification of the informant's details, we found that there existed no such address in West Bengal as was mentioned in the details submitted by her. On that basis, we further interrogated her, & it came to light that she had come from Bangladesh & had stayed in Kolkata for some time".
He added that "From there, she had come to Bhubaneswar & was into flesh trade for some time".
No passport or visa was found from her possession during the search.
According to Mr. Kumar, a case has been registered against her under Sections 419, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), & Section 14 of the Foreigners Act.
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