Sex racket busted in Patna hotel, 16 detained

During interrogation, police found that all the detained women belong to West Bengal and were allegedly brought to Patna on the pretext of providing jobs.

The police on Thursday claimed to have busted an alleged sex racket at a hotel in the capital city and detained 16 persons, including seven girls. However, the hotel owner and main accused managed to escape, officials said.

The police also recovered liquor bottles, cell phones and some other objectionable items from the hotel. (Representative image)

The police also recovered liquor bottles, cell phones and some other objectionable items from the hotel situated on Exhibition Road under Gandhi Maidan police station in the district.

According to the police, a raid was conducted at the hotel late on Wednesday night following a tip-off. “The Gandhi Maidan police formed a team to carry out a raid at the hotel around 3 am. A total of 16 persons--nine men and seven women--were taken into custody for interrogation from the hotel. Two persons were said to be drunk,” said station house officer (SHO) Ranjit Vats.

The raiding police party also took two hotel staff members and one Pankaj Kumar, who had allegedly taken the rooms on lease for conducting the sex racket, the official said.

During interrogation, police found that all the detained women belong to West Bengal and were allegedly brought to Patna on the pretext of providing jobs.

“We are interrogating the detained persons to get leads into the racket,” the SHO said.