PANJIM: Two days after Crime Branch (CB) sleuths arrested a Bijapur youth in a prostitution raid, the team took custody of a female senior citizen for allegedly running the illicit racket.
Joyce Loharchalwala, aged 69, and resident of Anjuna, was arrested for allegedly trafficking a vulnerable girl from Bihar, who was rescued during the raid last month. “She brought the girl and lodged her in a rented room,” an officer said. The woman has been remanded to judicial custody.
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The team, led by PI Rahul Parab, had arrested Gokul Rathod (21), from Bijapur in Karnataka on being found with a girl, who was trafficked to be supplied to a decoy customer. The 30-year-old girl from Bihar was rescued and lodged at a protective home. The investigation team is now probing involvement of others and whether more girls have been pushed into this trade.
