The Plant Site police busted a sex racket on Tuesdayoperating in the bus stand area here and arrested three brokers, including a girl. The police also rescued a girl who hails from Kolkata.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the bus stand area here on Mondaynight and found two men and two girls roaming suspiciously. During interrogation, police could come to know that out of the two girls one was a sex worker and the other a broker. The two males were also brokers. The arrested persons were identified as Akash Dixit (29), Md Arman (19), both residents of Bamra and Sabia Parvin (19), a resident of Bisra area. On Tuesday afternoon, they were forwarded to court.
According to police, the brokers used to lure young girls from Kolkata on false promises of providing them with lucrative jobs and then engage them in flesh trade in Rourkela, Jharsuguda and Bamra.