Sex racket busted: Six women rescued

Thiruvananthapuram: Medical College

police

on Saturday busted a

sex racket

that has been operating in a lodge near Medical College Hospital and arrested nine persons.

The police have also

rescued

six women from the racket's custody.

Out of the nine persons arrested, four were members of the racket and five were the customers.

The four racketeers were identified as Jalaja, 58, of Attukal, Manu, 36, of Kudappanakunnu, Manohar Majumder, 32, hailing from Assam and his wife Beauty Das, 28.

“The role of the couple from Assam was to find customers among the guest labourers’ community in the city,” inspector P Harilal said.

Cash worth Rs 3.30 lakh was also seized from the lodge during the raid.

Out of the five customers arrested, four are residents of the city and one is a guest labourer hailing from Assam.

Medical College station house officer inspector P Harilal said the racket was operating in a two-storey lodge at Chalakuzhy Road that they rented out in the name of Jalaja a year ago.

All the six victims in the case were women hailing from different parts of the district.

While four of them were sent back to their homes, two were sent to government shelter homes for women. TNN