Bhadrak: Police busted a sex racket operating from a hotel in Odisha’s Bhadrak district late on Sunday following an undercover operation and rescued two sex workers.
Two persons have also been arrested.
According to sources, a police officer visited the hotel as a customer and rented a room with a sex worker after negotiating a Rs 2,000 deal. Moments later, a police team stormed into the hotel and detained two sex workers and the caretaker for further investigation.
Later, raids were c
onducted at several other places, including hotels in Charampa and Asura. A sex worker was rescued and a young man was arrested from a tailoring shop’s restroom near Charampa.
Police sources said that sex workers were operating from various hotels and rented accommodations across Bhadrak district. “Raids were conducted at three places including a hotel. We have also received inputs about illegal activities going on in other places in the city and are in the process of verifying those reports,’ said Bhadrak City DSP Sambit Majhi.