The Jammu Kashmir police have busted an sex racket in the Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
As per an official press release received by The Kashmiriyat, P.S Kralgund busted a racket involved in immoral trafficking and arrested five persons.
In its press release, Police said, Today on April 25, 2023, information was received from reliable sources about a racket of immoral activities operating from the house of an individual in Reshipora.
Accordingly, a search party conducted a raid in the house of Shabir Ahmad War, a resident of Reshipora, where a sex racket was busted.
Five persons were arrested from the spot, including the house owner and his wife, one sex worker and two customers. Cash amounting to Rs 47,800/- was also recovered from the spot.
Five persons identified as Rayees Ah Lone, R/o Dangerpora, Rafiabad, Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, R/o Binner, Baramulla, a female sex worker (name withheld), Shabir Ahmad War, a resident of Rishipora Kralgund (house owner) and the Wife of the houseowner (name withheld) were arrested from the spot, police said.
An FIR No. 37/2023 under relevant sections of law has been registered at PS Kralgund and investigation initiated.
Earlier two sex rackets were busted in Srinagar during the month of Ramadhan while one involving four Kashmiris was busted in Jammu district.