<p>A driver and tailor arrested here earlier this week in the baby Falak case were involved in a prostitution racket for a long time and their network was spread across several cities, police said Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Driver Rana Kumar Gupta, 26, a resident of Badarpur in south Delhi, and Rahul, 24, a tailor from a village in Mohammadpur area in south Delhi, were sent to judicial custody Thursday. <br /><br />Additional Commissioner of Police Ajay Choudhary said: "They are involved in a prostitution racket for a long time. They have divulged information about other rackets and their network is spread across several cities."<br /><br />The two, along with Gupta's second wife Arti, pushed a 14-year-old girl, who brought two-year-old baby girl Falak to a hospital here, into prostitution. <br /><br />A human trafficking and prostitution angle was being suspected in battered baby Falak's case as more sordid details emerged earlier this week with fresh arrests.<br /><br />One of those arrested was a woman who allegedly forced the child's biological mother to re-marry and was responsible for the disappearance of Falak's siblings.<br /><br />The biological mother of Falak has been identified as Munni Khatoon, 22. Police traced her and brought her to Delhi Sunday from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. <br /><br />According to police, two of her children were untraceable.<br /><br />Munni told police that she was married off to another man but was not allowed to keep her three children. <br /><br />Following her disclosure, police Monday arrested Laxmi, who had taken Rs.2.7 lakh from Munni's second husband for the marriage. Laxmi appears to have had a central role in the suspected sale of Munni's two other children - a boy and a girl, police said.<br /><br />Munni has three children -- a five-year-old boy, a three-and-a-half year old daughter and Falak -- from her first husband. She got married in 2006 when she was barely 16 years old, police said.<br /><br />Police also arrested Kanta Choudhary, who is believed to have convinced Munni to leave her first husband, Mohammed Shah Hussain, a criminal, to marry again. Munni is originally from Muzzafarpur in Bihar.<br /><br />With the latest arrests, police have so far nabbed eight people in the case. Jitender Gupta, Sandeep, Puja and Arti are the others arrested.<br /><br />The story hit headlines after Falak was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre Jan 18 by a teenager, who claimed to be her mother. Falak was in a critical condition as her head was smashed and she had human bite marks all over her body. She continues to be in a serious condition.<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma told reporters that Munni will have to undergo DNA test to prove that she was the biological mother of Falak.</p>
<p>A driver and tailor arrested here earlier this week in the baby Falak case were involved in a prostitution racket for a long time and their network was spread across several cities, police said Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Driver Rana Kumar Gupta, 26, a resident of Badarpur in south Delhi, and Rahul, 24, a tailor from a village in Mohammadpur area in south Delhi, were sent to judicial custody Thursday. <br /><br />Additional Commissioner of Police Ajay Choudhary said: "They are involved in a prostitution racket for a long time. They have divulged information about other rackets and their network is spread across several cities."<br /><br />The two, along with Gupta's second wife Arti, pushed a 14-year-old girl, who brought two-year-old baby girl Falak to a hospital here, into prostitution. <br /><br />A human trafficking and prostitution angle was being suspected in battered baby Falak's case as more sordid details emerged earlier this week with fresh arrests.<br /><br />One of those arrested was a woman who allegedly forced the child's biological mother to re-marry and was responsible for the disappearance of Falak's siblings.<br /><br />The biological mother of Falak has been identified as Munni Khatoon, 22. Police traced her and brought her to Delhi Sunday from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. <br /><br />According to police, two of her children were untraceable.<br /><br />Munni told police that she was married off to another man but was not allowed to keep her three children. <br /><br />Following her disclosure, police Monday arrested Laxmi, who had taken Rs.2.7 lakh from Munni's second husband for the marriage. Laxmi appears to have had a central role in the suspected sale of Munni's two other children - a boy and a girl, police said.<br /><br />Munni has three children -- a five-year-old boy, a three-and-a-half year old daughter and Falak -- from her first husband. She got married in 2006 when she was barely 16 years old, police said.<br /><br />Police also arrested Kanta Choudhary, who is believed to have convinced Munni to leave her first husband, Mohammed Shah Hussain, a criminal, to marry again. Munni is originally from Muzzafarpur in Bihar.<br /><br />With the latest arrests, police have so far nabbed eight people in the case. Jitender Gupta, Sandeep, Puja and Arti are the others arrested.<br /><br />The story hit headlines after Falak was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre Jan 18 by a teenager, who claimed to be her mother. Falak was in a critical condition as her head was smashed and she had human bite marks all over her body. She continues to be in a serious condition.<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma told reporters that Munni will have to undergo DNA test to prove that she was the biological mother of Falak.</p>