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Delhi police raid 'spiritual university' and find women behind locked doors
Source: The Guardian
Delhi police raid 'spiritual university' and find women behind locked doors
Women held at compound run by guru appear drugged, with city’s commissioner for women fearful it is a site for sexual exploitation
Michael Safi in Delhi
Thu 21 Dec ‘17 13.06 GMT
Police in Delhi have discovered a “spiritual university” in the north-west of the city where inspectors say up to 200 women and girls are being held behind a series of locked doors.
Conditions inside the building were “shocking”, said Swati Maliwal, the Delhi commissioner for women, who took part in a raid on the four-storey facility this week.
“It was like a fortress,” Maliwal said. “Once we managed to enter we could only walk four steps to another metallic gate, and then five steps later another huge locked gate.
“It was full of hidden cells. The entire structure was built in a maze-like fashion,” she said.
Women at the compound appeared dazed and drugged and some remonstrated with police, Maliwal added.
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Women held at compound run by guru appear drugged, with city’s commissioner for women fearful it is a site for sexual exploitation
Michael Safi in Delhi
Thu 21 Dec ‘17 13.06 GMT
Police in Delhi have discovered a “spiritual university” in the north-west of the city where inspectors say up to 200 women and girls are being held behind a series of locked doors.
Conditions inside the building were “shocking”, said Swati Maliwal, the Delhi commissioner for women, who took part in a raid on the four-storey facility this week.
“It was like a fortress,” Maliwal said. “Once we managed to enter we could only walk four steps to another metallic gate, and then five steps later another huge locked gate.
“It was full of hidden cells. The entire structure was built in a maze-like fashion,” she said.
Women at the compound appeared dazed and drugged and some remonstrated with police, Maliwal added.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/21/delhi-police-raid-spiritual-university-and-find-women-behind-locked-doors