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Prime Accused in Bengal Porn Racket Case Sent to 8-Day Police Custody
The Statesman
|June 14, 2025
A court in Howrah district of West Bengal, on Thursday, remanded Shweta Khan alias Fultusi, the prime accused in a porn racket scam to eight days of police custody.
The policemen of West Bengal Police arrested Khan on Wednesday night.
The main charges against Shweta Khan, his son Aryan Khan, and his minor daughter Zoya Khan are holding a woman from the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal captive for six months and brutally assaulting her with an iron rod after she refused to participate in pornographic video shoots allegedly orchestrated by the three accused.
Both Aryan and Zoya were also arrested on Wednesday before their mother's arrest. Since Zoya is a minor, her case has been referred for processing under the Juvenile Justice Act and referred to the Juvenile Justice Board.
This story is from the June 14, 2025 edition of The Statesman.
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