Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Six people including two women, were arrested for running a sex racket in the city Thursday, police said, adding that a woman, being trafficked out of the city, was also rescued.
‘Six people were arrested in the afternoon today for running a sex racket from a house under the Garfa police station in South Kolkata. The persons arrested includes Sunil and his wife who ran the racket while the others were accomplices. A woman who was purportedly trafficked outside the city has been rescued,’ Joint Commissioner of Crime, Damayanti Sen told IANS.
Acting on prior information, police raided the house where all the offenders had assembled. Sunil and his wife are wanted in a number of cases relating to sex offences and human trafficking.
The offenders will be produced before the court Friday. The victim will be sent to a shelter home, police said.