London, Nov. 26 (ANI): Former Maoist activists Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda are suspected of holding three women as slaves for more than 30 years.
The national Marxist records revealed that the couple was leading figures at the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, in the 1970s.
It was raided by police and five people, including the pair, were arrested. Balakrishnan, 73, and his 67-year-old wife were arrested on Thursday.
Three women were rescued from their home in Brixton a month earlier.
According to the BBC, the couple has been linked to 13 addresses across London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
The women were rescued after police carried out house-to-house inquiries in and around Peckford Place, Brixton over the weekend.
Officers said the women had suffered years of physical and mental abuse.
The three alleged victims, a 30-year-old Briton, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 69-year-old Malaysian, are in the care of a non-governmental organisation following their rescue last month, the report added. (ANI)
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