Spa centre raided, 11 girls among 14 held

Tribune News Service

Panipat, September 24

The police on Thursday arrested 14 persons, including 11 girls, from a spa centre in a mall at Sector 25 here for their alleged involvement in sex trade.

DSP (Headquarters) Satish Vats, who was leading the police team, said the police had received a tipoff about sex rackets being run in massage parlours here after which they raided a spa centre operating inthe basement of the mall here on Thursday.

“We sent a decoy customer to the spa centre in the evening and after receiving a signal the police team raided the centre,” he said, adding that all girls and women were residents of various localities in Panipat and the three men had been identifiedas Vikas and Ashu of Panipat city and Sandeep of Gharaunda in Karnal district. Vikas and Sandeep owned the spa centre, while Ashu was a helper.

A case under relevant Sections of the IPC has been registered at the Chandnibagh police station.