Sex racket busted in Sector 41 hotel, 4 held & 7 women rescued in Noida

NOIDA: A prostitution racket being run from a hotel in Sector 41 was busted by the police on Thursday. Three hotel staffers and a customer were arrested from the hotel and seven women were rescued.
According to the police, they received a tip-off about suspicious activities being carried out at a OYO hotel. A raid was carried out by a team of Sector 39 police station and the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) around 1am on Thursday. “During the raid, seven women and four men were found at the hotel. We recovered a lot of objectionable items and evidence from the spot. The four men have been identified as hotel staffers Gajendra Kumar (manager), Alok Kumar Singh and Praveen Singh and the fourth man is Dharmendra Kumar Singh, a customer who is a resident of Delhi,” said DCP Harish Chandar, .
A case was registered under the provisions of The Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act against the four men. As many as 14 mobile phones, a Paytm scanner, Rs 1,900 cash, among other items were recovered from their possession.
“The pictures of these women were shared with clients through WhatsApp and after the deal was done, they were called to the hotel,” Rajneesh Verma, assistant commissioner of police-1, said.
During interrogation, it was found the racket had been operating for the past 20 days and had been serving clients everyday. The exact number of clients is under scanner, an officer said.
“Two more persons involved in the case — Sahil and his wife Shivani — are absconding. The building had been rented out to Sahil about 20 days ago for a rent of Rs 70,000. He and his wife had been running the prostitution racket. The women were contacted by them and lured into prostitution by promising a payment from Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000 but when they would turn up at the hotel, they were forced to work for as low as Rs 500,” Verma revealed. Police said out of the seven women, four are residents of Delhi while others are from Noida.
“The women were taken to the One Stop Centre where they have been provided shelter,” the ACP said.
Police have decided to write to OYO to deregister the property. When contacted, OYO officials said they didn’t want to comment.