Dehradun Police have busted a prostitution racket by conducting raids in a residential house of Sandeep Sharma located at Van Vihar in Patelnagar on Thursday. Police have arrested five persons, including a woman, for their alleged involvement in the prostitution racket. Nine women have been rescued from the spot, police said. The accused have been identified as Rashid, resident of Nehru Colony, Sandeep Sharma, resident Van Vihar, Shimla Bypass, Yogesh, resident of Nehru Colony, Nariesh Kumar, native of Rewari Haryana and a woman aged 33 years, resident of Clement Town. Investigation revealed that the prostitution racket was being operated through mobile phones and internet services.
A case has been registered under sections 3/5/6b/8 of Immoral Trafficking Act against the accused in the Patelnagar police station, said Dehradun SP City Pradeep Kumar Rai.
Police sources said that in course of interrogation, the house owner Sandeep Sharma has admitted that the prostitution racket was being conducted from his house by Robert, Rashid, Prakash Thapa and a woman.
Sandeep is learnt to have said that he was given 30 per cent of total earnings in prostitution activities by them.
Earlier, Dehradun police received a tip- off about high profile prostitution sex racket being operated through online in Patelnagar area. Acting on the tip off, joint teams from Clement Town and Patelnagar police stations were formed which later the house at Van Vihar in Patelnagar.