With the arrest of three women, the Habibganj police on Monday claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket. The women were arrested from a beauty parlour at 10 number stop market.
Habibganj City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Rajesh Singh Bhadoria said that a person had lodged a complaint few dasy ago of flesh trade at the beauty parlour. Reacting to the information, a team investigated the matter and found that the beauty parlour was being used as a centre of flesh trade.
On Monday, a police constable posing as customer was sent to the parlour. After a deal was struck, he signaled the police team following which a raid was conducted. Although there were no customers at the time, there were enough indications that flesh trade was being carried out there. Three women were detained. One of the women hails from Mumbai, while two others are from Bhopal, he added.
Bhadoria said that details of the women were being checked. Police are looking for their accomplices. The women were involved in the racket for the past few years and the owner used to negotiate the deals.
The Station House Officer of woman police station, Sonali Sune said the owner of the parlour who is a resident of Bhopal was the kingpin. Two of the women belong to Bhopal while the third is from Mumbai and her husband is in Saudi Arabia.
A case under section 4, 5 and 7 of the Suppression of Immoral Trafficking Act has been registered by the police, said Sune. The police have also recovered contact details of the customers but it is tight-lipped about revealing the identity of the customers for obvious reasons.Staff Reporter n Bhopal
With the arrest of three women, the Habibganj police on Monday claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket. The women were arrested from a beauty parlour at 10 number stop market.
Habibganj City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Rajesh Singh Bhadoria said that a person had lodged a complaint few dasy ago of flesh trade at the beauty parlour. Reacting to the information, a team investigated the matter and found that the beauty parlour was being used as a centre of flesh trade.
On Monday, a police constable posing as customer was sent to the parlour. After a deal was struck, he signaled the police team following which a raid was conducted. Although there were no customers at the time, there were enough indications that flesh trade was being carried out there. Three women were detained. One of the women hails from Mumbai, while two others are from Bhopal, he added.
Bhadoria said that details of the women were being checked. Police are looking for their accomplices. The women were involved in the racket for the past few years and the owner used to negotiate the deals.
The Station House Officer of woman police station, Sonali Sune said the owner of the parlour who is a resident of Bhopal was the kingpin. Two of the women belong to Bhopal while the third is from Mumbai and her husband is in Saudi Arabia.
A case under section 4, 5 and 7 of the Suppression of Immoral Trafficking Act has been registered by the police, said Sune. The police have also recovered contact details of the customers but it is tight-lipped about revealing the identity of the customers for obvious reasons.