Archive · 31 Jul 2025
Mumbai Police Invoke MCOCA in Sex Trafficking Case
Imagine some bad people were running a secret place where they were forcing women to do things they didn't want to.
The police found out and raided the place, called a brothel, in Mumbai.
They arrested some people and rescued the women.
Because the people running the place were doing it in an organized way, the police used a special law to punish them.
The main person in charge tricked the women by promising them jobs.
Mumbai Police invoked MCOCA in a PITA case for the first time.
A sex trafficking racket was busted in a Grant Road flat.
The alleged mastermind, Lata Krishnan Nair, lured women with job promises.
Three women were rescued from the brothel.
MCOCA was invoked due to the organized nature of the crimes.
- Who
- Mumbai Police, Lata Krishnan Nair, Harish Raje Gowda, Kamlesh Muneshwar Yadav, and rescued women.
- What
- Mumbai Police invoked MCOCA in a PITA case; sex trafficking racket busted.
- When
- MCOCA invoked on July 10, 2025; the case was registered on June 20.
- Where
- Grant Road, Mumbai.
- Why
- Because of the organized and repeat nature of the crimes.
- Law Involved
- MCOCA and PITA
- Location
- Manik Building, Grant Road, Mumbai
- Arrested
- Lata Krishnan Nair and Kamlesh Muneshwar Yadav
- Absconding
- Harish Raje Gowda
- Rescued
- Three women
- Mastermind
- Lata Krishnan Nair