[image: Sex racket busted in Delhi’s Aman Vihar, four arrested]NEW DELHI – A sex racket was busted and four persons were arrested in ajoint operation conducted by the Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) andpolice in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar, the women’s panel said on Friday.
The DCW received a call on women’s helpline 181 about a prostitution racketbeing run from a house in his neighbourhood in Aman Vihar, it said.
A DCW team reached the area on Thursday early morning and interacted withthe residents who confirmed that a sex racket was being run from the houseduring daytime.
The team noticed four women entering the house around 10.30 am. Thereafter,one of them left the house after 15 minutes. Soon, men on bikes andscooters started coming to the house. They were seen placing calls beforebeing allowed to enter the premises. Bamboo ‘chiks’ covered the house insuch a way that it was difficult to see what activity was going on inside,they said.
The DCW team informed the police and thereafter entered the premises withthe police in the afternoon. The team found six-seven men and three womenin the house, they added.
On realising that they were caught red-handed, the owner of the house,identified as Gautam, opened a back door to allow four of them to escape.They were, however, caught by the residents surrounding the house, thewomen’s panel said.
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The DCW team took all persons to Aman Vihar police station where the womenstated that they were adults and were engaging in prostitution on their ownwill.
They said they received Rs 250 per client and each woman “had to sleep withat least seven clients” during the day. While one woman informed that shewas an orphan, another stated that she was victim of physical abuse by herdrug-addict husband and had chosen this way to support her family. Thethird girl refused to say anything, they said.
A senior police official said three women and a man, who was owner of thehouse, were arrested. “We received information from the DCW on Thursday andraided the premises. Three women and a man, the owner of the house, werearrested. Further investigation is underway, ” the police officer said.
