Police raid Thane cyber cafe offering 'sex cubicles' to teenage students
A cyber café near Mumbai was offering more than access to internet service.
Strategically located near one of the largest colleges of Mumbai University, the café had small dingy cabins that offered complete privacy to young students who came in pairs.
When the police raided the cyber café near the Smt Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College in Thane on Tuesday evening, they were shocked to find young couples aged 15-20 years in compromising positions.
In a video, which was recorded during the raid, it can be seen that students were given privacy in cubicles which are merely 4X3 sq ft in size.
All the accused have been booked under section 294 (obscene act) of the Indian Penal Code.
Inspector Sampat Nirmal, who led the Anti-Terrorism Cell (ATC) team said: "During raid we found couples involved in obscene acts. We have arrested 24 people including cyber café owner Lallan Shah, manager Niranjan and 11 couples."
Nirmal said the cyber café owner was running a sex racket as he had 20 cabins but only three computers.
According to the police who were part of the raiding team, some locals from Ulhasnagar had recently approached the local police station with complaints that some cyber cafés' near the college were providing 'services' similar to the lodges to young students.
A video grab of one couple caught in the police raid in Thane
Sources said that since the local police did not take any action, they had approached joint commissioner of police (Thane) VV Laxminarayan, who directed the ATC to raid the cafés.
When asked why the local police did not take action even after repeated complaints from people residing in the area, deputy commissioner of police (Ulhasnagar) Vasant Jadhav did not give any convincing answer.
Sources said both the cyber cafés' raided by the ATC were illegal as they did not have valid licences.
"They were run illegally for over six-seven years. The owner had also built a mezzanine floor inside the cyber café that had a bed for customers. Besides this, they also use to sell condoms and emergency contraceptive pills to the customers."
The college authorities said that it could not be ascertained whether the students seen the video belonged to their college.
"We cannot recognise them to be of our college. They could be from other colleges in the area or even from outside," said a senior teacher of the college on the condition of anonymity as he/she was not authorised to talk to the media.
However, the teacher expressed concern over the fact that such places are not only accessible to adult students but also minor students of junior college and schools.
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