On-line sex racket busted; 3 girls rescued, 3 pimps held
   Date :21-Feb-2021

On line sex racket _1&nbs
 
 
Staff Reporter ;
 
SOCIAL Security Wing of Crime Branch on Saturday busted an on-line sex racket and rescued three girls from OYO Rooms at Hotel Midas, Wardha Road, in Dhantoli area. Cops arrested one of the three pimps in this connection. Identified as Devendra alias Kunal Harishankar Patel (28), the accused is a resident of Suhagpur, district Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. Two other accused -- Rehan and Raj -- are absconding.
 
The accused used to bring girls to the city from West Bengal, Bihar and other states and provide them to customers in hotel rooms. Acting on a tip off, police raided the hotel and caught Devendra Patel red-handed when he provided a girl to a decoy in the hotel. Cops registered a case under Sections 370, 370A (2) of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 3,4,5 and 7 of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act against the accused persons.
 
The raid was conducted by PI Sarthak Nehete, WPSI Smita Sonwane, WPSI Mangala Harde and others under the supervision of Additional CP (Crime) Sunil Fulari, DCP (detection) Gajanan Rajmane and ACP (Crime) Sudhir Nandanwar.