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Gays, male prostitutes under police scanner
August 18, 2004
New Delhi - Police have swooped down on dozens of male prostitutes and
transsexuals catering to affluent gays in Delhi while probing the grisly murder
of two young men that shocked the capital.
The bodies of Pushkin Chandra, the son of a retired bureaucrat, and a man
identified only as Vishal were found Saturday in the first floor annexe of a
sprawling mansion at Anand Lok in south Delhi owned by Chandra's parents.
Police suspect the involvement of more than two people in the murders and there
are strong suspicions that the killers were transsexuals.
The naked bodies of the victims were found in a room where Pushkin usually
stayed and met guests. Senior police officers said the victims were gays who
had close links with male prostitutes and transsexuals.
Police suspect the two dead men might have been involved in making gay porn
movies and selling them abroad. Pushkin was an employee of the US Agency for
International Development (USAID) and had returned to India in 2001 after
obtaining an MBA from the US.
Police have failed to trace a Danish national identified as Uffe Gartner, who
knew Pushkin and reportedly flew to France on the day the bodies were
discovered. Pushkin and Vishal had reportedly attended a farewell party for
Gartner along with two other men Friday night.
Police have also picked up Pushkin's friend Christopher in connection with the
case.
"We are questioning several people who knew Pushkin as well as friends who had
got him in touch with gays and transsexuals in the capital," said a senior
police official.
Investigations have revealed that Pushkin used to hire male prostitutes and
then take them to gay parties.
"On Friday night, he had gone to a party organised at Sanwal Nagar near Defence
Colony. The victims and Gartner were at the party and there were others who are
being questioned," the official said.
The police recovered two knives, 60 photographs and pornographic material and
over 80 CDs from Pushkin's room. Police are thoroughly examining each CD and
photograph, another official said.
"The photographs are in colour and most of them were taken with a Polaroid
camera. Most photos feature nude Indian males. The men who were photographed
apparently were from the middle and lower classes. It seems that all of them
were male prostitutes or gigolos active in the city," he said.
Investigations have also revealed that the victims were watching gay movies
before they were murdered.
"We found a gay porn CD in the DVD player which points to the fact that both
men were watching a gay movie before being murdered. A video camera was also
recovered from the room," the official said.
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