Police on Wednesday said to have busted a prostitution racket in Baramulla town by arresting six persons including two females in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In a statement, a spokesman said that Baramulla police received an information through reliable sources that some persons are involved in immoral activities in one rented house near Bus Stand Baramulla.
He said, acting upon the information police party led by Insp Vilayat Hussain, SHO PS Baramulla under the supervision of Altaf Ahmad-JKPS, DySP Hqrs Baramulla busted the prostitution racket.
The racket was run by Lateef Ahmad Chechi S/O Mohammad Younis Chechi R/O Malangam Bandipora (Tenant), Altaf Ahmad Dar S/O Ghulam Ahmad Dar R/O Kralhar Baramulla, Khurshid Ahmad Chechi S/O Abdul Rashid Chechi R/O Malangam Bandipora, Manzoor Ahmad Khan S/O Saifuddin Khan R/O Qazi Hamam Baramulla, while two female sex workers (name withheld) we’re also detained.
Case FIR No.136/2023 under sections 3,4,8 of Illicit Trafficking Prevention Act has been registered at Police Station Baramulla, he said. (KS)
