Kolkata: A sleaze racket was busted in Phoolbagan on the Northern fringes of the city on Thursday night, in which seven persons, including a woman, were arrested.
Acting on a tip-off, Anti-Women Trafficking department of the city police raided an apartment near VIP Bazar and arrested the accused.
Among the accused there were some customers as well, police suspect.
The sleaze racket was operated in guise of a Spa centre. Among the arrested were some sex workers, a woman manager of the Spa and some touts
and customers.
Police had received a complaint from locals saying certain "illegal" activities were taking place inside the Spa.
On the basis of the information, police raided it on Thursday night.
They are trying to know the names of others involved. Some of the policemen went to the flat and caught the accused.
Cops have started a case under the Immoral Trafficking Act. They suspect many others are also involved
in the racket.
During a preliminary investigation, police came to know that the woman manager used to operate the sleaze racket. They have started a detailed probe in this regard.
In the course of investigation, police came to know that the sleaze racket had been operating there for quite a
long time.
It was learnt that the sex workers who have been arrested, are aged between 21 and 27, used to visit the Spa.
Police suspect they might have been visiting some other places in the city.
They are being interrogated in this connection. Police are looking for the owner of the Spa who has been at large since the
incident occurred.
The woman manager was remanded to judicial custody, while the others were released on bail after being produced before a city court on Friday.