Sex racket operating from spa centre busted, 1 held

The police, with the help of an NGO, claimed to have busted a sex racket operating from a spa in Rohini, Northwest Delhi. The police arrested a staff member of the spa centre and rescued six minor girls.

The rescued girls, originally from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, told the police that they applied for spa job through an online portal ‘Work India’. One of the girls was found carrying multiple Aadhaar cards and is suspected to be from Bangladesh.

Acting on a tip-off by the NGO Association of Voluntary Action (AVA), the police conducted a raid at the centre.

During preliminary research, NGO members found that an illegal sex racket was operating from ‘Crystal Beauty spa centre’ in Mangalam Palace where minor girls were trafficked from neighbouring states and forced into prostitution.

The team found that one of the pimps at the spa openly demanded Rs 7,500 to “provide” three minor girls.

The NGO immediately alerted Vijay Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police, Northern Range, who responded without delay and conducted the raid.

“When the team reached the spa, the staff locked the centre from inside. After knocking repeatedly for almost half an hour, we had to cut open the lock to enter the centre,” said an AVA team member who was part of the raid.

The team found all girls and women huddled together in one room, while condom packets and alcohol bottles lay scattered in another. The police have registered a case in this regard at the South Rohini police station.