Sex Racket

Gurgaon Spa Owner, His Wife Among 11 Held For Running Sex Rackets

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday July 28, 2017

Police in Gurgaon on Thursday raided two separate spa centres located in upscale areas from where sex rackets were being run and arrested a spa centre owner, his wife, a manager and eight women.

Ten Women Arrested For Running Sex Racket In Gurugram

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 30, 2017

Ten women and a man were arrested from three spa centre in Gurugram for allegedly running sex racket under the garb of spa located in malls, the city police said on Thursday.

As Adoption Rules Tighten, Baby Traffickers Target Pregnant Sex Workers, Says Non-Profit

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Friday May 5, 2017

Mumbai: Sex workers in Mumbai’s red light district are being lured and even forced to sell their babies, campaigners say, sparking fears that traffickers are looking for new ways to buy children in response to tighter adoption rules. The anti-trafficking charity Prerana – which runs a night shelter for the children of sex workers – has record...

Police In America Arrests 38 In Major Online Child Sex Abuse Racket

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 18, 2017

Police have arrested at least 38 suspects in over a dozen countries across Europe and Latin America after busting an online paedophile ring that used the WhatsApp chat service to distribute child pornography, Europol and Interpol said Tuesday.

19 Female Foetuses, Wrapped In Plastic Bags, Found In Sewer In Maharashtra

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday March 7, 2017

The Maharashtra police have found 19 aborted female foetuses wrapped in blue plastic bags and buried near a sewer in a village in the state's Sangli district, in what they called a "feoticide racket" run by a homeopathy doctor who is on the run.

Naliya Gangrape: BJP Refutes Congress' Allegations Of Sex Racket

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Saturday February 11, 2017

Days after five people, including three BJP workers, were arrested in connection with an alleged gangrape of a married woman in Kutch's Naliya town, the identity card of the woman has gone viral, which has led to an open political battle in Gujarat.

Sex Racket Allegedly Run On Social Media Busted In Jammu, 20 Detained

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 25, 2016

A sex racket, allegedly being run with the help of social media, has been unearthed and about 20 people have been detained, police said today.

Sex Racket Couple Trafficked 5000, Charged Under Organised Crime Law

Delhi News | Written by Tanima Biswas | Tuesday August 30, 2016

Having trafficked over 5,000 women over 20 years and forced them into prostitution, a couple in Delhi built a sprawling empire until they ran out of luck this week.

Delhi Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of 62-Year-Old Accused In Sex Racket Case

Delhi News | Saturday July 30, 2016

A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of a 62-year-old man, arrested for allegedly running a high-profile sex racket and trafficking of women from Central Asian countries, saying the allegations against him were serious.

62-Year-Old Man Arrested For Trafficking, Sex Racket In Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 21, 2016

A 62-year-old man has been arrested in connection with trafficking of women from Central Asian countries and running a sex racket, police said today.

Sex Racket Involving Models, Actresses Busted In Panaji

Goa News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 10, 2016

The Goa Police on Thursday said it had busted a prostitution racket operating in Maharashtra and Goa involving actresses and models and arrested one of the key pimps.

Cure Eludes Kashmir Hospital Battling Stigma Of Rape, Sex Racket

| Tuesday June 7, 2016

A hospital in Kashmir is up against a strange malady to which it is losing patients every day. Srinagar’s Unani hospital is the biggest centre in the valley dedicated to Unani medicine – an ancient form of medicine that originated in Greece and has been practiced since throughout the Muslim world. Every day it caters to around 300 patients. But...

Sex Determination Test Racket Busted In Rewari, Eight Held

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 29, 2016

Eight members of a gang involved in illegally conducting sex determination tests have been arrested at Rewari in Haryana, officials said on Saturday.

In 'Call Money' Scam, Chandrababu Naidu Deflects Blame To YSR Congress

Andhra Pradesh News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Friday December 18, 2015

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed there are more YSR Congress men than leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) involved in the so-called 'call money' sex racket.

Massive 'Call Money' Scam Takes Andhra Pradesh By Storm, 80 Arrested

Andhra Pradesh News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Thursday December 17, 2015

A huge blackmail, extortion and sex racket has been exposed in Andhra Pradesh. Operating in multiple districts, with cross linkages between moneybags, politicians and so-called moneylenders, it has become infamous as the call money sex racket.

Kerala Kiss of Love Organiser, Wife Arrested in Sex Racket Case

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday November 19, 2015

Around 10 people are being questioned for their alleged connection with a sex racket in Kerala allegedly involving minors and pornographic websites. The organisers of the kiss of love campaign are among the 10 people, said police sources.

Court Seeks Affidavit on Probe Into Sex Racket Charge Against Radhe Maa

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 22, 2015

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the city police to file a detailed affidavit on its investigation into a complaint alleging that self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa is running a sex racket in the name of religion.

Pakistan Sex Video Racket: 280 Children Allegedly Abused, Probe On

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 9, 2015

Pakistan today ordered the setting up of a judicial commission to investigate the alleged sex abuse of 280 children in a village bordering India.

44 Human Traffickers Arrested, 39 Rescued by Telangana Police

Telangana News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 24, 2015

As many as 44 alleged human traffickers involved in a sex racket were arrested and 39 women, including eight minors, rescued from Maharashtra's Chandrapur by Crime Investigation Department (CID) wing of Telangana police.

Raids at Udaipur Hotel Reveal Sex Racket

Cities | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday April 7, 2015

Police raids at a heritage hotel near Udaipur in Rajasthan have allegedly exposed a sex racket involving businessmen. 80 people, including 16 women, were arrested on Sunday from the resort on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway.

Priyanka Chopra Sends Legal Notice to Spa Owners

Sunday November 30, 2014

Priyanka Chopra has sent a notice asking her tenants, who have been accused of running a sex racket on her property in Mumbai rented to them, to vacate

Priyanka Chopra: Had No Clue About Alleged Sex Racket in Flat

Saturday November 29, 2014

"When we rent properties we don't go and check what is happening in the bedroom. Hence I had no knowledge about what is happening there," said the actress, who was in the capital to support the Girl Rising campaign

Shweta Basu Prasad, Child Star of 2002 Bollywood Hit, Arrested for Prostitution

Thursday September 4, 2014

National award winning actress Shweta Basu, who was arrested for prostitution here, has revealed that she took to the sex trade as she was running out of money.

Sex racket busted at popular Gurgaon mall, six arrested

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 23, 2014

The Gurgaon police have busted a sex racket operating out of a spa and massage parlour at a popular mall on M G Road in Gurgaon, and arrested five women and a man.

Bhopal: Sex racket busted in city

Bhopal News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 12, 2014

Police today claimed to have busted a sex racket under Aishbagh Police Station area in Bhopal with the arrest of five women and four men.

'Somnath Bharti was right' is AAP's theme for protest in support of Ugandan women

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday February 5, 2014

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will today hold a protest in support of Ugandan women who have alleged that they were forced into a drug and sex racket in Delhi, which has been taken by the party as vindication of a controversial raid by its Law Minister Somnath Bharti.

Ugandan women's allegations prove Law Minister Somnath Bharti was right, says AAP; will protest on Wednesday

Delhi News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Wednesday February 5, 2014

Delhi's controversial Law Minister Somnath Bharti, accused last month of harassing some African women during a midnight raid to bust what he alleged was a sex and drug racket in south Delhi, has now been approached by three Ugandan women for help.

AAP says Ugandan women's allegations prove Law Minister Somnath Bharti was right

Cheat Sheet | Edited by Surabhi Malik (With Inputs from PTI) | Tuesday February 4, 2014

Three Ugandan women who came to India last month are at a nari niketan or "home for women", after alleging that they were lured to Delhi with the promise of jobs, but were held "hostage" by people they have reportedly described as the "drug mafia." They have also alleged that they were forced into prostitution but added that they resisted. The Aam ...

Suspend Law Minister Somnath Bharti too if cops are suspended: AAP's Captain Gopinath

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 22, 2014

Arvind Kejriwal's Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who led a controversial midnight raid targeting Ugandan women on suspicion of a drug and sex racket, has been excoriated by his own Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member GR Gopinath, who says he should be suspended.

Beaten by men not in uniform, claims Ugandan woman detained in Law Minister Somnath Bharti's 'raid'

India News | Reported by Ketki Angre, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 17, 2014

Arvind Kejriwal's Law Minister Somnath Bharti has been accused of a racist slur in a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission after six African women were allegedly abused in public and taken to the police station on the suspicion that they were involved in a sex and drugs racket, but let off after several hours.