The Uttarakhand police arrested six women and a man from Haldwani for their alleged involvement in a sex racket on Saturday. Police said only their interrogation would reveal the ramifications of the racket.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Anti-Human Trafficking Cell, Haldwani, led by Circle officer Mithilesh Kumar arrested the man named Kishor Kumar, resident of West Rajeev Nagar, lalkuan, Nainital, who was allegedly running the sex racket in the area.
The team also arrested the six women including a minor allegedly involved in prostitution. In the gang, three were brought from lucknow and Moradabad, UP; Two were brought from Pithoragarh and Dharchula of Uttarakhand and One from Delhi. A case under appropriate sections of Immoral Trafficking Act has been registered against accused in the Haldwani police station.