NEW DELHI: A day after TOI reported that three Ugandan women have claimed they were being forced into prostitution by some African men in Khirki Extension, the police recorded their statements.

The police have registered a case under sections related to extortion, illegal confinement and Immoral Trafficking Act at Malviya Nagar police station. The cops said their statements could not be recorded earlier as they didn't come to them earlier to identify the accused.

Interestingly, senior officers of Malviya Nagar police station said that when they took the three women to Khirki on Tuesday evening for identifying the house where they were being held captive, they pointed to the very house which Bharti had wanted to be raided. They have identified a person named Irene as one their captors.

One of the women alleged she had come to India at the insistence of another woman from the same country who told her there was money here and she could come and earn a good salary. She somehow managed to come to the country and got in touch with another African woman who told her about the "job".

She realized later that she had been trapped as her passport was taken away. When she tried to contact her embassy, her captor told her she would be in trouble as she had no proof that her presence in the country was legal.

Another woman alleged that their captors used to bring clients and they would be thrashed if they did not comply. Their captors also threatened to kill them if they tried to contact the high commission.

Police said that they are verifying the claims of the women. They added that investigations have been taken up and action will be taken against persons found guilty.

An MEA spokesperson confirmed that they had received a letter from Delhi government on Tuesday about the three women. "We have requested the Ugandan high commission in New Delhi to provide necessary consular services."

