Madhya Pradesh: Trafficking case accused arrested after six months

Indore Police on Thursday arrested a woman trafficking accused after 6 months of his escape. His advocate, however, argued that the accused is a cancer patient and cannot be kept in police remand.

Indore: A 'director' of a dance bar in Indore who was on the run for the last six months after his name figured in a case of trafficking of women has been arrested in Gujarat, the police said on Thursday.

Mahendra Soni (64) was arrested from Savarkundla in Amreli district of Gujarat on Wednesday night, said a senior police official here.

He was hiding in the house of a distant relative at Savarkundla for the past six months, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Crime Branch, Rajesh Dandotia told reporters.

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Meanwhile, the accused's advocate Ashwin Kumar argued that accused Soni is a cancer patient who needs proper treatment and cannot be kept in jail.

"Mahendra Soni was presented before the court today. We have appealed to the judge to allow him to be shifted to a private hospital given that he is a cancer patient," he said.

Soni was one of the three directors of My Home dance bar near Geeta Bhawan Chowk which was later demolished.

The police had raided the dance bar in December 2019 and rescued 67 women hailing from different states who were living in cramped rooms.

The women had been held captive and were forced to dance, the ASP added.

PTI