Police busted a sex racket operating at two abandoned quarters of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Sector-13 and arrested two persons, including the woman kingpin, besides rescuing two women of West Bengal engaged in the flesh trade on Tuesday night. The arrested were identified as Manas Ranjan Mohanty (28) of Koel Nagar here and kingpin Bharti Patra (40) of Sector-17 in the city.
Police sources said Bharti had earlier been arrested for her alleged involvement in flesh trade and later released. Thereafter, she came in contact with Manas and engaged him in the racket. Residents of the locality had informed police about the matter.