Sex racket busted in J&K’s Kupwara, 5 arrested

Srinagar, Apr 25 (PTI) An alleged prostitution racket was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday with the arrest of five people, police said.

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Information was received about sex racket being operated from Shabir Ahmad War’s house in the Reshipora area of Handwara in the north Kashmir district, a police spokesperson said.

He said a raid was conducted at the house and War, his wife, a sex worker and two customers — Rayees Ah Lone, from Rafiabad’s Dangerpora and Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, from Baramulla’s Binner — were arrested, the spokesperson said.

On April 3, police had busted another alleged prostitution racket in a residential area of Srinagar city, and arrested two people who were running it from a rented accommodation.