A day after more than 100 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a sex racket, the police on Sunday sought to rectify its mistake and said that only nine persons were involved in the offence.
The police had booked 113 people under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the racket being operated from a hotel here.
On conducting further probe into the matter, the police let off 12 married couples and 40 boys and as many girls after they proved their acquaintanceship.
“In our probe, we found that 12 couples were married while 40 girls and 40 boys, who were mostly students and know each other, came to hotel to stay here for few hours. We have booked nine people, including four girls and the hotel receptionist, for their involvement in prostitution racket,” SP city, Shiv Shankar Yadav said.
“The hotel owner and manager will be arrested soon,” Yadav said.
He said, “80 boys and girls were let off relatives and friends approached us.”
Meanwhile, relatives and friends of the nine accused staged protest at Kotwali police station, alleging that the police was trying to implicate them in false case.
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