TNN | Aug 30, 2012, 04.01AM IST
KOLKATA: An alert cabbie claimed to have saved a woman from being sold in a brothel, allegedly by her husband, on Wednesday. Police are interrogating the woman, her husband and mother at the Hare Street police station. However, the officials are in a dilemma after the bride's mother came and rescued her son-in-law, saying that he cannot even think of doing such a thing.
Sources said the couple reached Howrah station from their Hooghly home on Wednesday morning and boarded a shuttle taxi. While the girl sat on the rear seat, the husband, later identified as Shyamal Soren, sat on the front seat. Two more passengers were also in the taxi.
As the taxi was moving along the Howrah Bridge, Soren allegedly whispered into the cabbie's ears, saying: "Where can girls be sold here?" The cabbie, Dipu Malik, reportedly said that it would take Rs 250 to reach there. "Soren agreed to pay the sum. Two other passengers got down from the taxi at Shakespeare Sarani. The cabbie first took them to Dorina Crossing, where he found an outdoor broadcasting (OB) van of a news channel. But he found none in the OB van. Then he took the couple near the Writers' Buildings," said sources.
The cabbie then raised an alarm and the police personnel on duty there came rushing. On the basis of the complaint by the cabbie, the couple was taken to the officer-in-charge of Writers' Buildings. Later, Hare Street police station was informed. The couple and the cabbie were taken to the police station, said an officer.
Interrogation revealed that the couple, who got married only three months ago, was coming from Chanditala in Hooghly. Both of them used to work there. On Wednesday morning, Soren and his wife had left for Howrah en-route to Gangarampur, where Soren's family members live. From Howrah, the couple was supposed to go to Sealdah station and from there they were to board a Gangarampur-bound train.
The mother of the woman also reached the police station after being informed by the officials. But at Hare Street police station, she gave a different opinion about her son-in-law. She said Soren could not do something like that. The cabbie must have misunderstood his words. According to police, the cabbie stood by his statement. Soren, on the other hand, pleaded ignorance. Police will interrogate him again.
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Sources said the couple reached Howrah station from their Hooghly home on Wednesday morning and boarded a shuttle taxi. While the girl sat on the rear seat, the husband, later identified as Shyamal Soren, sat on the front seat. Two more passengers were also in the taxi.
As the taxi was moving along the Howrah Bridge, Soren allegedly whispered into the cabbie's ears, saying: "Where can girls be sold here?" The cabbie, Dipu Malik, reportedly said that it would take Rs 250 to reach there. "Soren agreed to pay the sum. Two other passengers got down from the taxi at Shakespeare Sarani. The cabbie first took them to Dorina Crossing, where he found an outdoor broadcasting (OB) van of a news channel. But he found none in the OB van. Then he took the couple near the Writers' Buildings," said sources.
The cabbie then raised an alarm and the police personnel on duty there came rushing. On the basis of the complaint by the cabbie, the couple was taken to the officer-in-charge of Writers' Buildings. Later, Hare Street police station was informed. The couple and the cabbie were taken to the police station, said an officer.
Interrogation revealed that the couple, who got married only three months ago, was coming from Chanditala in Hooghly. Both of them used to work there. On Wednesday morning, Soren and his wife had left for Howrah en-route to Gangarampur, where Soren's family members live. From Howrah, the couple was supposed to go to Sealdah station and from there they were to board a Gangarampur-bound train.
The mother of the woman also reached the police station after being informed by the officials. But at Hare Street police station, she gave a different opinion about her son-in-law. She said Soren could not do something like that. The cabbie must have misunderstood his words. According to police, the cabbie stood by his statement. Soren, on the other hand, pleaded ignorance. Police will interrogate him again.
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