Guwahati News Desk: In a breakthrough operation carried out by the Guwahati Police, busted a prostitution racket which was operating across the city. The incident was first reported by the Social Media Cell of the Police Commissionerate of Guwahati which got its eye on some Twitter handles and websites that claimed to provide escort services.
The racket was functioning from a rented room in Hotel Minerva in Panbazar.
As per reports, the manager of the hotel Nayanmoni Patowary was arrested by the Crime Branch for running the racket. On the other hand after interrogation with Nayanmoni, he disclose that Saneep Kumar alias Mukul Bhardwaj was the mastermind behind the racket and the racket was run with the help of his wife Diya Sarmah alias Junaki Begum.
The Crime Branch registered a case on August 5 and immediately started their investigation against them.
According to the sources, the accused used to communicate with their customers taking social media as a medium of communication or other methods like fixing the date, girls and rate.
The Crime Branch arrested Mukul’s wife from Patharquari which falls under Noonmati Police Station but accused Mukul is still missing.
The Crime Branch listed up 10-15 mobile numbers that were used by the accused and as per the technical report of the officials, the mobile number was used by the main accused Mukul which revealed that the racket spreads from Delhi to Bihar to Maharashtra.