Delhi Police busts a sex racket; woman lured for job, held captive, forced for prostituion in Vasant Kunj

New Delhi, March 30
The Delhi Police busted a forced prostitution racket from an apartment in Vasant Kunj where a woman was lured for job, held captive and forced into prostitution.
The accused was identified as Y Prem Chandra Meetei (36), an MBA holder, who hails from Manipur and is a resident of Kishangarh, Rajasthan. He had rented a 3-BHK flat at Vasant Kunj for Rs 40,000 to operate his racket
The police had received a PCR call from a woman alleging she had been kidnapped. When police personnel reached the spot, the woman told them about a man who had called her to a flat in Vasant Kunj on the pretext of offering her a job at a beauty salon; held kept her captive at the flat from where he would “offer” her to clients across Delhi-NCR in lieu of a hefty sum.
The police raided the spot and rescued one more woman who said she was lured in a similar manner.
According to the police, the accused used to post an advertisement usually for the job of a receptionist or a secretary and when a woman would arrive at the location, which turned out to be his flat, he would hold her captive and force her into sex trade.
After the police received the complaint, the police carried out multiple raids to get to the accused and rescued other women.
The police have booked the accused under IPC section 370 (Trafficking of persons).