Sex racket operating through facebook busted
Expose of three sex rackets in Patna has caused public concerns
Patna: Minor girls as young as 13-years were forced into sex work in a flourishing inter-state sex racket based in Patna that operated mainly through the use of emails and Facebook posts to advertise the girls who were being sent to customers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.
The expose of three sex rackets in different areas of the Bihar capital by police raids in a span of two days caused public concerns.
Anjani Kumar, a muscle-flexing transporter in Hajipur, was the kingpin of the sex racket operating from Gandhi Nagar in Patna;s Agamkuan area that used girls between the ages of 13 and 20.
Police arrested Kumar and three other men, one of them hailing from Jaipur in Rajasthan, besides three girls, one of them aged 13. An unlicensed revolver, ten bullets, a car, used condoms and porn films were among the items seized by police.
“These girls were sent to customers across Bihar, UP and Nepal after their photos were sent to the men through email, various social networking sites and MMSes,” police said.