nWith the arrest of 12 people, including two foreign nationals, Gurugram police on Friday claimed to have busted a high-profile sex racket operating out of a guest house at sector-45 in Gurugram.
According to a senior police official, twelve people were arrested including two women from Uzbekistan, one from Bangladesh, three from West Bengal, two from Uttar Pradesh and four men, including the owner of the guest house, manager and two customers. “They have been booked under different sections of the Immoral Trafficking Act and an First Information Report (FIR) under appropriate sections have been registered against them at the Sector-40 police station,” said the senior police official.
“Specific inputs were received about an illegal prostitution racket running in Krishna Residency guest at sector-45.Before raiding the premises a constable was sent as a decoy customer who visited the spot on Thursday evening. The police team that lay in wait raided the guest house after the decoy signaled to them about the deal being struck. Twelve people were arrested from the spot,” said the senior police official.
The raid was conducted by a police team led by Inspector Poonam Huda, who reached the spot and nabbed the culprits who were soliciting sex red-handed. The men are aged between 25 and 30 years, while the women are around 26 to 30 years. They used to charge Rs 6,500 per customer for the services. “At the time of the raid, a room in the guest house was occupied where a woman and man were found in an objectionable position,” the police said.
Police sources said for the past few days, the police had been receiving complaints about a prostitution business being carried out in the guest house. “We are investigating if the accused had a proper licence and permissions to operate even a guest house. A case has been registered and a probe is underway,” said Subhash Boken spokesperson of the Gurugram police. The accused were sent to judicial custody for 14 days after being produced before a magistrate, he added.