Sex racket busted in Bareilly, 8, including 3 women, arrested

BAREILLY: Bareilly police claimed to have busted a sex racket and arrested eight people, including three women, during a raid at a house in Gandhipuram locality under the limits of Premnagar police station here on Sunday night.
Police said the racket was being run by a married couple in rented accommodation.
Police said all accused were booked under relevant sections of the Immoral Trafficking Act, 1956 and sent to jail on Monday, while they were looking out for other accused involved in the racket.
The accused used to send photos of girls to their prospective clients on WhatsApp, said police.
SP (city) Ravindra Kumar said, “We had received a written complaint from the landlord that his tenants were running a sex racket from his house and his image was tarnished by such activities. Acting on the information, we raided the house and arrested five men and three women with objectionable contents. Besides, eight mobile phones and cash were seized. During the questioning, we found the tenant, Atul Gupta, was running the sex racket with the help of his wife. They used to send photos of girls to their prospective clients to fix their meetings. The accused were produced in a court on Monday.”