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Police busts another sex racket in Jajpur district

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Press Trust of India Jajpur (Odisha)

A day after the police police busted a flesh trade racket at Bayree in Jajpur district, another sex racket was busted in the district on Monday, a police officer said.

Police raided a house under Dharmasala police station area and arrested five persons including two pimps on charge of running a sex racket. A woman was rescued, the officer said.

Though the police could nab three customers, three others and the kingpin of the racket, a woman, who was running the flesh trade, managed to flee from the spot during the raid, he said.

Dharmasala police station inspector-in-charge Saroj Kumar Sahoo said: "A woman was operating a sex racket at a rented house at Jagannath Vihar with the assistance of two pimps including a woman since a long time."

A case has been registered at the local police station against the arrested persons under the relevant section of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

 

Police at Bayree on Saturday night had busted a sex racket running in a house at Gopapur village near Chhatia bazaar in Jajpur district.

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First Published: Aug 19 2019 | 9:55 PM IST

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