The accused have been identified as Esther Saha alias Kajal,40, and her husband Sanjay Saha ,49, both residents of Kalidham Colony, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Udupi: Manipal police arrested two accused in West Bengal who had been absconding for nearly a year in connection with an immoral trafficking case registered at Manipal police station.
The arrests were made under the guidance of the DSP, Udupi subdivision, by a team led by Mahesh Prasad, police inspector, in the case registered under Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The team reached the location on Nov 3 and arrested the accused. They were subsequently brought to Udupi and produced before the second additional civil judge and ACJM court on Nov 7.
Thimmesha BN, police sub-inspector, was appointed as the assistant investigating officer to trace the absconding accused. Acting on specific information that the accused were staying at Netaji Nagar in Siliguri, Darjeeling district , West Bengal, he proceeded there on a special assignment along with a team comprising head constables Suresh Shetty and Chetan, police constable Raviraj, woman head constable Jyothi Nayak and woman police constable Sumalatha. The court remanded them in judicial custody.
After their arrest, the accused were produced before the ACJM court in West Bengal.