New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The anti-human trafficking unit of Delhi Police has busted a sex racket being operated from a spa centre in the national capital and arrested 11 women, including a receptionist and the owner of the centre, an official said on Monday.
A police team was constituted to verify a complaint against a spa and massage centre for allegedly running a prostitution racket in Delhi.
"After preliminary investigation, a trap was laid by sending a decoy customer to the Wellness Spa Centre in Green Park. Eleven women were produced by the receptionist before the decoy customer for paid sex," DCP Deepak Yadav said.
All the 11 women along with the owner of the spa, Rajesh Kumar Gupta, were arrested.
Newly-appointed Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday appointed Jalandhar Cantt MLA and his close confidant Pargat Singh as the new general secretary of Punjab Congress ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled next year.
The police immediately rushed the duo to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital for treatment. The two have not been identified so far, and Delhi Police are probing the matter to ascertain the reason behind their action.
To boost 'ease of doing business' for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Punjab cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Monday approved a list of NOCs required for setting up of industry in the state.
The Cabinet approved the proposal of the Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department for the merger as per the recommendations of the Board of Directors of PAGREXCO and PAJL and the officers' committee headed by the Chief Secret
India is in constant touch with the representatives of Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday asserting that the country will facilitate repatriation to India of those who wish to leave Afghanistan.
Fearing attacks on the Indian community working with private companies in Afghanistan, the intelligence agencies have sent out alerts to them to be ready to be transported back to the country.
