Sex racket thrived inside Rajkot hotel with owner’s knowledge

RAJKOT: Owner of Hotel Park Inn, where a flesh trade racket was busted on Thursday, was booked for allowing the immoral activity to flourish in the hotel.
Pradhyman Nagar police booked the owner Himanshu Mehta (43) and detained him.
Inspector LL Chavda said, “We have detained Mehta because he had full knowledge of the prostitution racket thriving in his hotel.”
Meanwhile, cops also found the mother and two brothers of the minor girl who was rescued from the hotel during Thursday’s raid. Along with the minor, who is 16 years old, police also found a woman from Maharashtra who was forced into prostitution in the hotel.
Police had arrested Prabhudas Kakad and Jayshree Chavda who were operating the racket and hotel manager Mehul Chotalia on Thursday on the basis of the statement of the woman.
Cops had gone to the hotel following information that a minor girl from Uttar Pradesh was confined inside a room that was booked by a person named Santosh. Investigation revealed that Santosh owns a factory in the Aji Dam area where the minor’s family members were working. All are natives of UP.
Police claim that the minor had eloped with Santosh two months ago and he had booked the room to keep her in the hotel. It is, however, not clear how Santosh could afford to keep the girl for such a long time in the hotel room and pay the rent.
Deputy commissioner of police, Manoharsinh Jadeja said, “We are still recording statements of the girl’s family members and have also got contact of Santosh who is in UP.”
Jadeja claimed Santosh has agreed to return to Rajkot.