Delhi sex racket victim to cops: I’m a bird in golden cage
NEW DELHI: “I am a bird in a golden cage,” a shattered Taniya (name changed) said in her statement. The 23-year-old Russian woman was rescued by income tax officials during a raid on a Safdarjung Enclave house recently.
Sensing more trouble, Taniya had slashed her wrists in order to kill herself. Weeks later, her statement was recorded by the police as the Russian embassy intervened.
“I came to India on February 25, 2016. Ajay Ahlawat was my sponsor … My visa was valid till August. I was taken to Ahlawat’s farmhouse in Bijwasan area. A woman named Radia had coordinated everything,” Taniya told the cops. She also talked about her visits to Sariska and Jaipur.
“I was introduced to Sanyal at the farmhouse. Ahlawat said he would take care of me. We lived like a couple. Sanyal had promised to marry me but that never happened. He would take me to parties in south Delhi,” a source quoted Taniya as saying.”He would introduce me to people who he claimed were big-shots-I-T officers, arms dealers and others. They all wanted to be friends with me and Sanyal had no problem. I was made to sleep with two people against my will. But I don’t know who they are.”