Court orders closure of a brothel at G B Road

A brothel at the red light area at G B Road here has been ordered to be immediately shut down by a Delhi court which sentenced a 36-year-old woman to three- year imprisonment for possessing the prostitution house.
The court awarded the jail term to Delhi resident Kanchi Tamang after holding her guilty under Section 3 (punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel) of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act.
"Accused has been convicted for offence under section 3 of ITP Act and it is also established that she was having possession of the brothel G B Road, Delhi.

"Accordingly, in view of section 18(2) (magistrate's power to order closure of brothel and eviction of offenders) of ITP Act, it is hereby directed that the brothel be sealed with immediate effect," Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar-II said, while directing that a copy of its order be sent to SHO of Kamla Market Police Station for necessary action.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the woman.
The court, however, acquitted another woman, a native of Nepal, of various charges under the ITP Act saying police has not produced any document to prove that she was running prostitution racket or procuring any person for prostitution.

The case came to light when police received an information in December 2014, that three girls have escaped from a brothel at G B Road. The victims were found later and sent for counselling.

One of the girls told the police that she met a woman at a railway station and became friendly with her. Later she fell in love with the woman's brother and got married to him.
She alleged the man brought her to Delhi and established physical relations with her and took her to the brothel where she was forced to have sex with customers.
She said she met two other girls in the brothel who were also cheated and brought here. Therafter, the three girls decided to escape. They took an auto and narrated their ordeal to the driver who called police for their help.

During trial, the accused denied the evidence against them and claimed they were falsely implicated in the case.