India News | House Owner Arrested in Srinagar Prostitution Racket Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The owner of a house allegedly used for running a prostitution racket from a residential area of Srinagar city was arrested on Tuesday, police said.
Srinagar, Apr 4 (PTI) The owner of a house allegedly used for running a prostitution racket from a residential area of Srinagar city was arrested on Tuesday, police said.
They said proceedings have been started for formal attachment/sealing of house as per section 18 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act that intends to minimise prostitution activities near public place.
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"Owner of the house used for immoral activities namely: Altaf Hussain Afaki S/o Asadullah Afaki R/o chanapora arrested under section 3 of Immoral trafficking prevention act 1956(ITPA)," the Srinagar police said on Twitter.
The prostitution racket, running from the rented accommodation at Bagh-e-Mehtab area of the city here, was busted by police on Monday.
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Two persons running the racket were arrested while four female sex workers and two customers were also detained on Monday.
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