Five persons, including three women, involved in a sex racket were nabbed from a house in Abhinav Kakda under Ayodhya Nagar police station area on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, regarding visiting of different people in an apartment in Abhinav Kakda Homes, a police team raided the house and nabbed two men and three women from the house.
The nabbed accused were identified as Shashank Tiwari of Devari in Sagar district and Riyaz Ahmed Raghaogarh region under Guna district while one of women who was involved in the flesh trade and running the racket claimed that she works as a property dealer and is not involved in the crime. The two other women were brought for Rs4000 each from Rewa and the two were offered to the two men found at the house.
The house was rented around 20 days ago and based on the complaints made by the locals, the action was taken. The house raided is owned by Ramprasad who lives near Subhash Nagar and the accused woman is Ramprasad’s neighbour. Few days ago she rented Ramprasad’s house and started sex racket, police added.
The police have registered a case under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA). Riyaz is Sachiv in Raisen Krishi Upaj Mandi, while Shashank Tiwari works at a private Pharmacy College and is a resident of Devri under Sagar district. The accused were produced in the court on Saturday and were sent under judicial custody. Police said that more persons involved in the sex racket would be nabbed in the further investigation.