SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said it had busted a sex racket in the Handwara area of the north Kashmir Kupwara district and arrested five persons, including a house owner and his wife.
Sex racket busted by PS Kralgund in Village Reshipora. 05 persons including house owner and his wife were arrested and cash amounting to Rs 47800 was also recovered on spot.
Case FIR No. 37/2023 under relevant sections of law regd. in PS Kralgund.@JmuKmrPolice @KashmirPolice pic.twitter.com/xNtBdYEdEj— DISTRICT POLICE HANDWARA (@HandwaraP) April 25, 2023
In a statement, a spokesperson said that information was received from reliable sources about a racket of immoral activities operating from the house of an individual in Reshipora.
The statement reads, “Accordingly, a search party conducted a raid in the house of Shabir Ahmad War, S/o Ghulam Ahmad War 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.”
Those who have been arrested include Rayees Ah Lone, s/o Khazir Mohd Lone of Dangerpora, Rafiabad, Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, s/o Abdul Rehman Sheikh of Binner, Baramulla, a female sex worker (name withheld), Shabir Ahmad War (house owner) s/o Gh Ahmad War of Rishipora, and wife of the house owner (name withheld).
It added that a case FIR No. 37/2023 under relevant sections of the law has been registered at PS Kralgund, and an investigation has been initiated.
Pertinently, this is the third such racket that has been busted in the Valley. Earlier, two prostitution rackets have been busted in Srinagar outskirts including Bagh-e-Mehtab and Nowgam area.
