Acting on a tip-off, the Ranchi police have arrested five persons, including three females and two males, in connection with sex racket operational under Lalpur police station area of state capital.
Lalpur police station officer in charge (OC) Ramod Kumar Singh said that after receiving information about the racket, the police set up a mole to trap the miscreants. Police ‘spy’ contacted the agents involved in the racquet on phone and fixed a deal for Rs 8,000 per girl. They were asked to bring two girls to a room in a hotel in the evening.
As per instruction the agent identified as Pradip Kumar Mandal arrived at the hotel at around 7 pm with two girls on a car and started proceeding towards the room. A police team waiting on spot however nabbed them and recovered cash and condoms from them. Based on information provided by Mandal, another accused in the crime named Golu Singh was nabbed from another hotel while he was having drinks. Golu gave additional information to police leading to the arrest of another girl who was also scheduled to visit a client later in the night.
“All three girls are from Kolkatta who used to visit the city regularly to practice this illegal profession. They used to get 50 percent of the deal fixed with the clients adding the remaining amount went to the agent. The arrested persons have been sent to jail on Thursday,” said the OC Ramod Kumar Singh. He added raiding team led by him consisted of policewomen, including ASI Poonam Lakra.