Prostitution racket busted in JK, 5 held

Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a prostitution racket, operating from a private clinic here, and arrested five persons, including the kingpin, in this connection.

Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a prostitution racket, operating from a private clinic here, and arrested five persons, including the kingpin, in this connection.

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Acting on a tip-off that retired army doctor Sharivast Sharma is running a brothel in his clinic located at Trikuta Nagar in the city, police raided the centre yesterday and arrested five persons.

The arrested include Sharma, one railway employee, a 20-year-old girl and two students, police said, adding that a case has been registered against all of them under Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act.