Assam, Feb 12: Six women, who were office-bearers of a women’s rights group, were arrested on charges of their involvement in a sex racket in Upper Assam Jorhat.
The arrested women were members of the women’s rights group Veerangana Mahila Mancha.
Police recently busted a sex trade racket at Pulibor on the outskirts of Jorhat townin Assam.
Jorhat deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Bibhas Das said the six women’s involvement came to light after police arrested one Pallab Jyoti Handique and a woman from Mokokchung district in Nagaland on February 6.
Jorhat police with the assistance of Nagaland Police arrested them on charges of running a sex racket from a rented house at Bohotia village under Pulibor police station.
The women too had admitted to taking money on two to three occasions and had not only supported the flesh trade but also protected the two.
Das alleged that they had on a few occasions even supplied clients.
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Police registered a case (no 555/2021) at Pulibor police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The women were produced before a local court on Wednesday and the court sent them to 14-day judicial custody, Das said.
