Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A female manager of a spa centre in Jabalpur has accused a BJP leader of sexually exploiting her and other women staff. She alleged that the accused, identified as Ashutosh Pandey, forced girls into sex trade on the pretext of giving them jobs at his spa centre.
The victim, in her complaint, further revealed that the accused BJP leader assaulted her in the garb of teaching her massage.
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The accused, Ashutosh Pandey, is a lawyer and also the social media in-charge of the BJP in Jabalpur.
He runs the Royal Crown Spa Centre located near Labour Chowk in the Vijay Nagar police station area.
The woman said that after her husband’s death, she came to Jabalpur looking for a job to support her two children.
Ashutosh Pandey gave her the post of manager at the spa for ₹8,000 per month.
Later, he started sexually abusing her under the excuse of teaching spa services.
She also alleged that girls working at the spa were forced into sex work. The BJP leader had physical relations with all the girls, according to her complaint.
She further claimed that women from Jabalpur, Delhi, and the North East were working at the spa, and the accused and his friends from outside the city exploited them too.
The woman reached the police public hearing to report the incident.
Following her complaint, the police have ordered Vijay Nagar police to register an FIR and begin the investigation.
