Two separate complaints by a beautician and a girl have opened a can of worms into an alleged intercourse and spiritual conversion racket run by two sisters and their gang in Bhopal. The racket was busted after the ladies, a 21-year-old from Chhattisgarh and a 30-year-old from Bhopal, approached the police with strikingly related tales — lured with the promise of jobs, then drugged, raped, and compelled to transform. Whereas the sisters, Afreen and Amreen, have been arrested, three others are on the run.
The modus operandi of the gang concerned concentrating on susceptible women from economically weaker backgrounds, luring them with the promise of jobs, gaining their belief after which sexually exploiting them. The trauma for the 21-year-old beautician, who shared her room with Amreen, began in November 2025. In her criticism, she mentioned that in November, Amreen took her to Abbas Nagar in Bhopal to fulfill her relations.
INSIDE THE BHOPAL SEX RACKET
Little did she anticipate the horror that may unfold later. There, she claimed that Amreen’s brother, Bilal, combined an intoxicant in her tea and raped her whereas she was unconscious.
The following month, Amreen took her to Ahmedabad on the pretext of private work. There, she was launched to a person named Yasir, who allegedly raped her as properly. She alleged that Chandan Yadav, a detailed aide of Amreen, additionally sexually assaulted her on a number of events between August 2025 and January 2026.
The survivor claimed she was threatened when she resisted and was blackmailed with photographs taken in compromising positions. The ordeal, nonetheless, didn’t cease there. Over the following few weeks, she claimed she was pressured to put on revealing and brief garments and brought to pubs to work together with prosperous males.
There, the beautician claimed, she was pressured to eat medication. On a number of cases, she was sexually assaulted.
Amid this, she was additionally pressured to alter her faith and made to put on a burqa. Nonetheless, she finally managed to flee in January and went to Chhattisgarh to stick with her maternal uncle. She finally returned to Bhopal in February and lodged a criticism on the Bagsewania police station on February 22.
SECOND SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT
The cops smelt a rat. One other girl, who labored as a home assist at Amreen’s home, lodged an identical criticism earlier within the week. The second girl additionally alleged that she was drugged and gang-raped by the identical trio – Yasir, Bilal and Chandan. She additionally offered video proof to the police.
Police have registered instances towards the three males and the sisters beneath related sections associated to rape, felony conspiracy, and compelled non secular conversion.
The sisters lived in a lavish flat within the upscale Sagar Royal Villas colony in Bhopal’s Hoshangabad. Neighbours instructed India Right now that the actions of the 2 sisters had raised suspicion earlier as properly. The neighbours mentioned males and younger boys steadily visited their flat late at night time.
The residents additionally claimed that whereas burqa-clad girls had been usually seen visiting the flat, Afreen and Amreen themselves wore solely denims. Police mentioned the statements can be verified in the course of the investigation.
The incident has prompted protests by native Hindu outfits. Hindu Utsav Samiti president Chandrashekhar Tiwari mentioned the outfit would launch consciousness campaigns for ladies and younger women in Bhopal. He additionally mentioned that girls brigades can be fashioned on the neighbourhood stage.
The police, in the meantime, have appealed for calm, fearing that the difficulty may result in communal unrest.
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Inputs by Dharmendra Sahu
