The son of a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly looted of valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh at knife-point by a woman from an escort service and four associates outside a suburban five-star hotel here on Sunday evening.
While a dacoity case has been filed against unknown individuals, no arrests have been made so far. Police said they were trying to identify the accused.
According to the police, businessman Mehar Singh Tanwar, son of Kanwar Singh Tanwar, who is the BJP MP from Amroha, Uttar Pradesh,  lodged a complaint at the Vakola police station on Sunday night.
Police said Mehar Singh Tanwar, who was reportedly staying at the Grand Hyatt in Santacruz East at the invitation of his business partner, had contacted an escort agency on Sunday evening.
He is alleged to have asked them to send a female escort to his room at the Hyatt. The escort agency allegedly told him to meet the woman outside the hotel. “He had contacted the escort service through WhatsApp and had approved of a woman. He was then asked by an agent of the escort agency to make the payment outside the hotel,” said an officer at Vakola police station.

Mehar Singh Tanwar and his business partner, an NRI, were allegedly accosted by four men outside the hotel and threatened with a knife. “The four goons and a woman sent by the escort agency took valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh and fled,” the officer said. Senior Inspector Mahadeo Vavhale said the police had asked the hotel to hand over CCTV footage from cameras mounted on the gates in order to identify the accused. “We have recorded statements of the complainant. We are also taking down statements of hotel employees,” he said. A hotel spokesperson refused to divulge details, but added, “We are cooperating with the police and cannot comment until we are aware of the scope of the investigation. There is no chance of the incident having occurred inside the hotel premises because there is a lot of movement and no opportunity for any isolation.” Meanwhile, MP Kanwar Singh Tanwar claimed it was his son’s partner who had contacted the escort agency. “My son is a partner in a countrywide restaurant dealership and had been invited to Mumbai for business by his NRI partner. On Sunday, the partner called the escort agency and was told to meet the agent outside the hotel… When my son and his partner went outside, four men threatened them and forcibly took my son’s wristwatch worth Rs 1.5 lakh and the cash he was carrying,” he said. In his poll affidavit filed in March 2014, the MP had declared movable assets worth Rs 37.49 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 141.3 crore.  These included assets owned by the MP, his wife and son.

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MUMBAI: ESCORT SERVICE COSTS DEARER TO UP MP'S SON

Mumbai: The  BJP MP from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh Kanwar Singh Tanwar's 40-year-old son  was allegedly robbed of Rs 1.5 lakh at knife-point by a woman from an escort service and four associates outside a suburban five-star hotel in Santacruz (East) here on Sunday evening.

According to an FIR filed with Vakola police, Mehar Singh Tanwar, who was in Mumbai on business with an NRI friend, alleged that he was robbed of valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh at knife-point by a woman from an escort service.

While police has registered a dacoity case against unknown individuals, and picked up two persons from the escort service agency for questioning from a rented room in Vakola where they allegedly operated. 

"The two confessed that those who fell into their trap were from other cities and states. They (the victims) did not file complaints fearing humiliation," said an investigator.

As per police, businessman Mehar Singh Tanwar, son of Kanwar Singh Tanwar, lodged a complaint at the Vakola police station on Sunday night.

Police said Mehar Singh Tanwar, who was reportedly staying at the Grand Hyatt in Santacruz East at the invitation of his business partner, had contacted an escort agency on Sunday evening.

He is alleged to have asked them to send a female escort to his room at the Hyatt. The escort agency allegedly told Mehar to meet the woman outside the hotel. “He had contacted the escort service through WhatsApp and had approved of a woman. He was then asked by an agent of the escort agency to make the payment outside the hotel,” said an officer at Vakola police station.

Mehar Singh Tanwar and his business partner, an NRI, were allegedly accosted by four men outside the hotel and threatened with a knife.

“The four goons and a woman sent by the escort agency took valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh and fled,” the officer said.

Police have scanned the ten-minute CCTV footage grabbed from the hotel. They saw Tanwar and his friend entering the hotel premises in a car with the woman seated next to them. As they got out of the car and walked towards the hotel lobby, the woman remained seated in the car. "Tanwar and his friend thought the woman was right behind them, but within seconds, the car drove away. One of the two persons who were detained told us that she left with the cash Tanwar had paid her," said an investigating officer.

"At this point, he was not seen as being either threatened or robbed, contrary to what he stated in his FIR," a senior police officer told a leading newspaper on the condition of anonymity.

According to Mehar Singh Tanwar's FIR,  he said, "I checked into the hotel around 4pm on Sunday. I told my friend that I wanted to go to a club at night and wanted to approach an escort service. My friend gave me a number and I got in touch with a person named Sameer at the agency. He sent photos of women on WhatsApp and I selected one." Around 1am, the woman called and said she was waiting in a white car in the hotel premises.

"She drove out of the hotel with us saying she wanted to talk outside. My friend sat with the woman while I sat in front. After striking a deal for Rs 30,000, we were being driven back to the hotel, when on the way the driver robbed us of Rs 1.5 lakh at knife-point. They threatened us to leave on reaching and sped away."

They later informed the hotel and called the police control room before approaching the Vakola police. An FIR was lodged under the Indian Penal Code sections for robbery (397) and common intention (34).

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Escort robbing UP MP's son reveals Mumbai's dark underbelly

The 40-year-old complainant was allegedly looted of valuables around Rs 1.5 lakh at knife-point by a 'call girl' and four of her associates outside a five-star hotel on Sunday evening. He told the police that he got in touch with the service providers through a phone-based app, as he and his friend wanted to spend some time with her.

Industry insiders said such services often have their own websites and are offered in connivance with the hotel staffers. A cursory look at one such website revealed that the "services" could be accessed at just at a click of the mouse or a swipe on the phone. The portal clearly displayed the names of all prominent city hotels where the escorts could be taken for a premium. The website also provided a "menu", which had categories such as student, air hostess and actress, with rates ranging from Rs10,000–16,000 for two hours. The portals also have profiles ofescorts, with personal details, photo albums and contact details.

The police claimed these websites and apps attracted lots of patrons to hotels around the Mumbai airport. In fact, many businessmen and others from other cities routinely came to Mumbai, just to avail these services in the hotels near the airport and return the next day. The service providers even advertise in popular English dailies," said a police official.

Vakola police nab Escort Girl in Virar after five days intense search. She claims she took Rs 22,000 not Rs 1.5 lakh from MP son

In outstanding work done by the Vakola Police, the controversial escort girl who had looted UP based MP's son Meharsingh Kunwarsingh Tanwar at knife point outside a five star hotel in Kalina has been arrested from Virar locality, five days after the incident.

Interestingly, the Vakola police rounded up more than 20 drivers who were earlier associated with her. Accordingly, one of the drivers disclosed that she had a place in Virar, which the girl could have adopted as her hideout.   Acting on the tip-off of the driver, cops  reached the address provided by the driver, where they found Julie sleeping.  The cops brought her to Mumbai where she was immediately booked and produced before the court.

Julie revealed to the cops during the interrogation that, on the day of incident, MP son has come out from the hotel and had given her only Rs 22,000 and not Rs 1.5 lakhs, and said he filed a fake FIR against her and the driver.

Confirming her arrest, Senior Police Inspector (SPI) from Vakola Police. Mahadev Vavle said, '' We have arrested her and we are doing the further investigation, we can not reveal anything more about this case.''

While sources from Vakola police said, “The arrested accused Ashok Abhishek Prasad who was running an escort service is not aware how much money she had taken from the MP son, because after she ran away with the cash, she switched off her mobile phone. Her driver too, went to search for her at her rented flat in Chakala at Andheri too but she could not be found. After producing her in the court, she has been send to Santacruz Police station woman lock up room. Her driver Ramdhin is still wanted in this case.”

Complainant in the case Meharsingh Kunwarsingh Tanwar had landed in the city for business purpose along with his colleagues on Sunday, he rang up an Escort service provider Ashok Abhishek Prasad for girls, but he was looted at knife point as he mentioned in the FIR. Complainant's father Kunwarsingh Tanwar is a BJP MP from Amroha Lok Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh.

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Mumbai: BJP MP’s son robbed by escort he hired

Mehar Singh Tanwar, the son of BJP MP Kunwar Singh Tanwar from UP, was robbed by an escort he hired on Sunday outside a five-star hotel in Vakola. Tanwar, a resident of Delhi, has registered a complaint with the Vakola police, claiming the women and her accomplice – a driver – robbed him at knifepoint. He did not sustain any injuries.

The Vakola police said they are investigating the case but added that Tanwar has not given them “precise information” about the incident in his complaint. Nonetheless, they have launched a search for the suspects.

According to the police, Tanwar arrived in Mumbai on Sunday for work and was staying at the five-star hotel. Later in the day, he telephoned an escort agency and asked for a girl. Soon after, the woman arrived at the hotel along with a driver.

Tanwar said in his complaint that the two asked him to get into the car with the cash. When he did so, the driver brandished a knife, held it to his stomach and threatened to kill him if he

raised his voice before snatching Rs 1.5 lakh in cash from him, the police said. The two then pushed him out of the car and fled, Tanwar told the police.

Tanwar telephoned police commissioner Rakesh Maria, who asked him to file a complaint at Vakola police station.

On his complaint, the police registered a case under sections 397 (robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.

The police have procured CCTV videos from outside the hotel and are scanning them for clues. “We are also recording the statements of the hotel staff and security personnel,” said senior inspector Mahadev Vavhale.

Officials from the crime branch have also been roped in to search for the suspects. “Local unit officials are also carrying out a parallel probe,” said M Dahikar, deputy commissioner of police (detection-1), who is also the Mumbai police’s official spokesperson.

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