Panaji: The Goa police on Thursday cracked a high profile prostitution racket operating in Maharashtra and Goa, allegedly involving actresses and models.
Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Karthik Kashyap said the police had found crucial evidence and details of high profile clients, models and actresses from the pimp, Anand Kumar alias Andy, who was arrested from his residence in a tony housing colony on the outskirts of Panaji.
"We have obtained crucial evidence from the residence of Mr Kumar which includes a list of his high profile clients and contacts of actresses and models," SP Kashyap said.
Police sources said the list contains detailed contacts of celebrities and politicians in the client list, SP Kashyap refused to divulge more details about the same.
In the raid, which the police conducted using a decoy customer, four other pimps working under Kumar were also arrested and rescued three women from another flat near Panaji.
Earlier, The social service branch of Mumbai Police acted on a tip-off about the presence of the sex racket in the Goregaon area.
After the tip-off, an undercover cop posing as a 'supplier' contacted some persons who were associated with the racket. After laying the trap, a police team raided a building near Film City and arrested four people, including the two models.
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Other two are believed to be operatives of the racket who contacted the clients to supply girls. The police are yet to arrest the kingpin of the racket.
The people involved in the racket had agreed to take three girls and were willing to pay Rs. 5,000, according to the IE.
The arrests were made when the undercover police official met the accused outside Oberoi Mall in Goregaon. The accused have been identified as Sayra and Ashraf alias Aman. During the interrogation, they revealed the names of the two models who were paid between Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1 lakh for each time.
The racket used social media to share the photographs of models and actors with their prospective clients. Once the client selected the woman and confirmed the deal, she was supplied to him.
The clientele of the racket mostly involved high profile businesses and corporate.
A case has been registered at the Dindoshi police station and police have started further investigation.
(With inputs from IANS)
