Online sex racket busted in UP, nine including girl from Assam rescued

GUWAHATI | SEPT 15, 2020:

Uttar Pradesh police busted an inter-state online sex racket after the police raided a house in Kanpur locality and rescued nine girls from the Naubasta area, including one from Assam.

"The racket was being run across India. There was one girl each from Delhi, Faizabad and Assam. We are obtaining details so that their information can be shared with the authorities in other cities," a senior police official said.

Eleven people including pimps and customers were arrested after the Uttar Pradesh police tracked down the gang as the cyber cell found a link posted on Twitter recently.

"The gang had posted mobile phone numbers in the link to take calls from customers," SSP Preetinder Singh said on Sunday evening.

A decoy customer then contacted the number displayed on the link. He was asked to come to a spot in the city, after which the team, led by Naubasta police officials, raided the place.

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"We have arrested one Ashish Kumar, a resident of Naubasta. Based on inputs provided by him, we then arrested one Raju also known as Iran. They informed investigators that the girls hailing from outside the state are being supplied to customers by a broker Kalpana Gupta," the SSP said.

Twenty-one mobile phones, two motorcycles and two scooties were seized from brokers and customers.

A case has been registered at Naubasta police station under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and efforts are on to nab others involved.