New Delhi, May 20: A sex racket was busted by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) which was allegedly being run from a spa in a mall in Rohini. The matter came to light after a journalist visited the spa in the guise of a customer. DCW Rescues Woman Who Was Abused, Assaulted And Forced Labour For 15 Years at Delhi Bungalow.

The journalist who posed as a customer claimed that he was offered “girls” to choose from when he visited the spa. Sex Racket: Spa Centres In Ghaziabad Raided After Complaints From Locals.

The name of the spa where the sex racket operated from is “The Attraction Spa.”

The DCW team, along with the police, reached the spot and took around 11 girls with them to the Prashant Vihar police station, reported India Today. DCW chief Swati Maliwal also informed the Delhi Police about the racket and questioned the lack of arrests made in the case.

Swati Maliwal was quoted saying by the India Today report that instances of prostitution rackets operating in National Capital Delhi has gone up in recent times. She also demanded for the regulation of Spa centres in Delhi. Delhi's neighbouring area, Gurgaon or Gurugram, also witnessed a similar incident last year when the Gurgaon police raided a spa on suspicion of running a sex racket.

Last year in September, Uttar Pradesh police had raided various spa centres in Ghaziabad's Vaishali area for allegedly running prostitution rackets in the spa centres. Police reportedly took action after multiple complaints from locals. Several people were arrested in connection to the alleged sex racket.

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