Actress, dancer, held in sex racket bust

Actress, dancer, held in sex racket bust

An actress and a dancer allegedly involved in an online sex racket operated by a husband-wife team have been held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in India.
The city's anti-vice squad detained the television actress and the movie dancer, along with three other women, all suspected to have engaged in an inter-state flesh trade, according to a local news report.
The gang's activities at a rented house in Kottaipalayam in the textile city of Coimbatore, were exposed after police arrested a 37-year-old kingpin and two pimps.
"We had planned to conduct surprise raids at various places in the district. Our police team was watching the sex racket's activities," the Times of India quoted E.S. Uma, Coimbatore district superintendent of police, as saying.
Police did not reveal the identity of the actress but said all transactions from appointments to clients' payments were done online.
The ring leader's wife, also a key operator of the clandestine business disguised as an escort service agency, was in hiding, said local police.
The same gang leader was arrested last April for a similar offence in Coimbatore.
Last Tuesday, police arrested a popular Marathi actress in Pune, in the state of Maharashtra, for operating a sex racket.
Source: Bernama
Published Dec 26 2011