The Mysuru metropolis police in Karnataka mentioned Sunday that they’ve busted a ‘virgin’ intercourse racket which allegedly exploited minor ladies for prostitution. The probe revealed that the accused have been allegedly amassing Rs 20 lakh money in alternate for arranging intercourse with minor ladies.
The police arrested Shobha, a Bengaluru resident, and her confederate Tulsi Kumar after a decoy operation in Mysuru in collaboration with the NGO Odanadi Seva Samsthe. In keeping with police sources, there’s a superstition that sexual activity with virgin ladies can treatment numerous psychological sicknesses, making a marketplace for the intercourse racket.
The breakthrough got here when Odanadi acquired intelligence that Shobha was actively looking for purchasers with these superstitious beliefs. The NGO’s employees found {that a} 12-13-year-old woman had been exhibited to potential prospects by means of WhatsApp movies, prompting speedy motion. Odanadi alerted senior police officers.
NGO Staffer Posed As ‘Buyer’ To Bust Intercourse Racket
An NGO employees member posed as an buyer to achieve Shobha’s belief and requested that she carry the minor to Mysuru. She readily agreed, promising to reach by 2 pm Saturday. Odanadi founders Okay V Stanley and M L Parashurama teamed up with the Vijayanagar police to set an elaborate lure close to the Authorities Ladies’ Youngsters’s Residence in Vijayanagar.
Shobha arrived with the woman and a male companion who maintained distance whereas observing fastidiously. As Odanadi members arrived in a car and started negotiations, the police encircled the world.
Shobha demanded Rs 20 lakh and repeatedly modified her story concerning the woman’s identification. Initially, she claimed the woman was her daughter, then her niece, and later acknowledged that she was an adopted daughter. Finally, Shobha admitted her involvement within the intercourse racket. The person accompanying her recognized himself as her husband, Tulsi Kumar.
The police instantly took the woman, a Class 6 scholar, into protecting custody and later positioned her in a youngsters’s house. They arrested Shobha and Tulsi Kumar, and a court docket ordered the accused to be despatched to judicial custody. The Vijayanagar police registered a case and are conducting additional investigations to find out the woman’s background and the way Shobha initially got here into contact along with her.