Why was female athlete Nisha Shetty arrested?
26-year-old Nisha Shetty who has been arrested by the police under the charges of prostitution, reportedly told the police officer who was interrogating her that she was forced to turn into a call girl due to poverty. Nisha Shetti who represented Assam at the National Games in 1998 was granted her bail on a surety of Rs 10,000 by a court in Raipur. But she does not have that much money so she stays in jail. The national level athlete lost her husband to depression and alcoholism in 2007. Without having a source of income to feed herself and her child she was left with no option but what she chose. These incidents draw attention to the sorry state of how sports persons who are not into cricket are treated in the country. Sources: http://news.oneindia.in/2009/08/04/indian-athlete-nisha-shetty-prostitute-jail-poor.
Nisha Shetty incapable to deposit bail amount Published by: Amit Tiwari Published: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 at 09:31 IST Raipur: What it could be called a national shame or government’s apathy towards sports in the country? Nisha Shetty, a former national woman athlete, arrested in connection with a sex racket, has informed the Raipur jail authority that she is incapable to pay the bail amount. Nisha Shetty was arrested by the Raipur police for her alleged involvement in sex racket from a posh area on July 31. The former national athlete said during interrogation that deprivation forced her to become a call girl. A silver medal winner at 1998 National Games said that she was booked by few businessmen in Mumbai for Rs 50,000. She was booked for 15 days. Nisha Shetty had been in financial crisis since 2007 after her husband Sunil Shetty died of kidney ailments. Sunil Shetty was also a sportsman and was a national football player. She has been granted bail by a local court but she is still in jai
A former national woman athlete, arrested four days ago for being in prostitution when a sex racket was busted, is financial incapable to pay her bail amount at Raipur jail, said media reports. According to a police officer, Nisha Shetty, 26, who was arrested from a posh area of Raipur, told police during interrogation that deprivation forced her to become call girl and that she had traveled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs 50, 000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days. Sources: http://www.youngeagerminds.com/2009/08/nisha-shetty-athelete-pictures-nisha.
