Sonu Punjaban, aka Geeta Arora, a notorious sex crime ring leader who ran a sex crime ring in Delhi and neighbouring states, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for prostitution and human trafficking.
Wiki/Biography
Sonu Punjaban was born in Geeta Colony, Delhi in 1981 (39 years old in 2020). Sonu dropped out of school only till 7th grade.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 4″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Light gray gold
Family and caste
Sonu Punjaban was born into a Punjabi family.
Parents and siblings
Sonu Punjaban’s father, Om Prakash Arora, came to Delhi from Rohtak in search of work. He used to earn a living by driving an autorickshaw. Sonu’s elder sister, Bala, is married to Satish, the elder brother of Sonu’s first husband, Vijay. She also has two younger brothers, Vijay and Sanjay, who were also part of Sonu’s sex trafficking ring. In 2018, Vijay and Sanjay were arrested by the Delhi police. They were accused of sex trafficking for Sonu Punjaban.
Pictured are Sonu Punjab’s younger brothers Vijay and Sanjay
Relationships and Children
Sonu married four men, all of whom were criminals. First, she married carjacker and gangster Vijay in 1996. When she was pregnant with Vijay’s child, he was shot dead in a police encounter in 2004. She gave birth to a son, whom she named Sagar. After that, she married historian Deepak, one of Vijay’s friends, who was also killed by the police in a encounter in Guwahati. After Deepak’s death, his brother Hemant alias Sonu held her hand, however, he was also shot dead in a police encounter in 2006. After that, she married Hemant’s friend Ashok alias Bunty. Bunty, like the others, was eventually killed in a police encounter.
The journey of becoming a sex fraudster
The journey of a common girl to climb the ladder in the flesh trade is quite dramatic. After leaving school, Sonu started working in a beauty parlour. It is said that after her father’s death, one of her colleagues named Neetu lured her into prostitution for easy money and she never looked back. She entered the dark world of flesh trade as a sex worker and after mastering the industry and having her own clients, she opened her own brothel and became a pimp. With time, Sonu’s empire grew in Delhi and several other states. She opened dozens of brothels in different parts of Delhi and in neighboring states. Sonu Punjabban used to run the sex trade in a quite organized manner and the people working for her were responsible for bringing girls into the industry by various means and then finding clients and providing the girls to them.
dispute
- In 2007, she was arrested for violating the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act.
- In 2008, she was arrested for the same crime.
- In 2011, Delhi police arrested her after she was again found engaged in prostitution. In the same year, she was also charged under the Maharashtra Organised Crime Control Act (1999).
- In December 2017, she was arrested for violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO).
Sentenced to 24 years in prison
After a long absence from the clutches of the law, Sonu Punjab was convicted in a case for the first time. On July 22, 2020, a Dwarka court in Delhi sentenced her to 24 years in prison for illegally trafficking a 12-year-old girl. While reading the verdict, Additional Sessions Judge Pritam Singh said,
“The convict Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban should first be sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for violating the provisions of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and subsequently to 10 years’ imprisonment for violating sections 366A (luring a minor girl), 372 (trafficking a minor girl for the purpose of prostitution), 373 (buying a minor girl for the purpose of prostitution), 328 (causing poison), 342 (wrongful confinement), 120B (criminal gang) of the Indian Penal Code. Therefore, the convict should be detained (imprisoned) for a total of 24 years as substantial punishment.” The court while delivering the verdict pointed out that the convict Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban has crossed all the boundaries of being called a woman and should be punished with the strictest punishment prescribed by law.”
Facts/Trivia
- Her father, Om Prakash Arora, was a Pakistani refugee who settled in Rohtak, Haryana after the partition of India and Pakistan.
- Sonu has been fascinated by bad men since childhood. Her lovers always like to pursue history.
- Sonu Punjaban has reportedly amassed properties worth Rs 100 crore
- She used to train the girls on how to speak English to clients and master high etiquette.
- Bollywood actress Richa Chadda’s characters in the movies Fukrey and Fukrey Returns were inspired by Bholi Punjaban. She is a real-life Bholi Punjaban.
- It is said that her father named her Geeta because she was born in Geeta Colony in Delhi.
- She started to become a leading figure in the prostitution and human trafficking industry after the arrest of her rivals Baba Bhimanand and Nagma Khan in 2005.
- It is believed that Sonu Punjaban was born Geeta Arora, who took the name Sonu from her third husband Hemant Sonu and changed her name to Sonu Punjaban. Sonu came from Sonu Hemant and Punjaban came from her surname Arora.
- Sonu Punjaban reportedly informed the police about the killing of her four companions in the clash.
- Sonu is said to have a close connection with the underworld.
- India Today reported, “She (the Punjabi) forcefully injected drugs into the victim so that she could not resist the customers (men) who sexually exploited her. She applied chilli powder on the victim’s chest and put it in her mouth to create fear in her mind and make her do what she wanted or be ready to face brutality.”
- Sonu had attempted suicide several times in jail. In July 2020, she tried to commit suicide by taking medication for headaches.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education