Bhopal child sex racket case: Victim's grandmother, 2 others arrested for luring girls to work for newspaper owner

The Bhopal police has arrested three more persons, including the grandmother of one of the victims, in the sensational child sex abuse case in which a city-based newspaper owner was sexually exploiting minors for over eight years.

"We have arrested three more persons including one old lady who is the grandmother of one of the victims. They used to lure girls from poor families and sexually exploit them," an officer said.

Police have so far arrested four persons Pyare Mian's secretary, his driver Anas and his associate Owais and the grandmother of one of the victims who allegedly lured her granddaughter to work as a domestic help at Pyare Mian's house.

A reward of Rs 30,000 has been declared on newspaper owner's head while a Special Investigative Team (SIT) has been formed to investigate the case. The SIT is headed by the city SP, two DSP rank officers and SHOs of six police stations.

The police have found that Pyare Mian was exploiting minor girls for the past eight years raising questions over the political patronage that he enjoyed over the years.

The opposition Congress party has demanded a through probe into Pyare Mian's wrong doings asking how he could do such things for so long.

"We have come to know about this man's wrongdoings after the recent arrests. Whosoever he is, there should be a thorough inquiry into how he was able to get away with these things for so many years," Congress media department head Jitu Patwari said.

The state government has initiated the process of cancelling the license of Pyare Mian's newspaper and has demolished an illegally built marriage hall and an apartment building comprising several flats that was allegedly built on government land.

Police is raiding the properties of Pyare Mian and on Tuesday recovered imported liquor worth several lakh, child pornographic material and sex videos among other things from a flat in the posh Ansal Apartments in the Shymla Hills area.

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