Agra sex racket used Facebook to book clients, busted

24 June,2013 12:23 PM IST |   |  IANS

Eleven people were arrested when a sex racket was busted in this Uttar Pradesh city in which clients were booked through Facebook, police said


A team led by Superintendent of Police, city, Pavan Kumar Sunday evening raided a two-storeyed house in Govind Puri colony of Balkeshwar area and arrested 11 people.u00a0

The action followed repeated complaints by neighbours.

The raiding team seized beer cans, condoms and liquor bottles.


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Police said the racket used to book clients through Facebook chatting for which fake identities/profiles had been created.

Agra is historically infamous for having flesh trade in Basai, Sikandra, Mal ka Bazar, and Seo ka Bazar.

Last month there were two raids in Mal ka Bazar area and the body of a prostitute was found lying on the road. Police traced her links to Kolkatau00a0

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