"The couple arrested in the Lambeth slavery case were part of a radical Maoist collective, it has been revealed, named by multiple sources as Comrade Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda.
Known as Comrade Bala, he is believed to have set up the "Workers' Institute of Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought" or "Brixton Institute", a Maoist order, which operated a bookshop and a meeting place out of a squat in south London."
"The police have revealed they are searching 13 addresses used by the "collective" across London, describing how the women felt they were kept prisoner by "invisible handcuffs" and had originally met because they shared a political ideology.
One of the three women, allegedly trapped in the Lambeth "slave" house, wrote 500 letters to a neighbour describing her torment, he told a newspaper.
The 30-year-old, who police believe spent her whole life in the "collective", was named Rosie, according to Marius Feneck, who lives two floors above.
She was allegedly held captive along with 57-year-old Irish woman and a 69-year-old Malaysian woman until they were rescued from the south London home.
The Irish woman is believed to have made the call to forced marriage charity Freedom, who she saw on a TV documentary, after the Malaysian woman suffered a stroke. It is alleged that her "captors" would not call for medical assistance.
In letters to her neighbour, the 30-year-old woman, who claims she was adopted, called the couple she was living with "evil and racist", according to letters seen by the Mail.
"I suffer unspeakable torment, yet every bit is worth it, to keep my beloved safe," she wrote.
Lambeth social services will face tough questions now about how much they knew of the secretive collective, and which departments had been in contact with members.
The couple have released on bail after being questioned over false imprisonment and immigration offences."
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