Bengaluru: The Bengaluru city police busted a hi-tech prostitution racket being run in the upmarket BTM Layout and nabbed four persons involved in the organised online flesh trade. Parappana Agrahara policemen are under the scanner for their role in aiding the racketeers.
Accused Usman, Naresh Singh, Parvez Khan and Sharavana were nabbed by the police during the raid.
The accused used to charge around Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 to each client and most transactions were done online. The accused had PoS terminals with them by means of which they used to swipe the debit and credit cards of the prospective clients to collect huge sums of money. Police confiscated four PoS terminals from the accused during the raids.
Main accused Usman used to get women from Mumbai by flight. He used to upload the details of call girls/women on websites to lure clients and insist on online payments. For regular clients, Usman used to circulate their pics on WhatsApp.
Police had received definite clues about the arrival of a woman from Mumbai by flight. Simultaneously, they raided a posh villa used for the business to nab all those involved.
Based on the confession of the accused, the police department has ordered a departmental enquiry against a policeman associated with Parappana Agrahara prison Karibasappa, who is alleged to have aided the accused in their business for over three years. Police are verifying the call records of Karibasappa for more leads. If found guilty, action will be initiated against him, confirmed a senior police official reacting to the whole incident.
Usman had taken a posh villa on rent to run his business by keeping the landlord in the dark. He had told landlord that only government officials, businessmen, CEOs, techies and company executives will be visiting the house for business purpose and had developed a website to promote the flesh trade.
