Srinagar: The owner of a residential house in Srinagar, used for running a prostitution racket by his tenants, was arrested on Tuesday, police said.
Police said that the owner, Altaf Hussain Afaqi, resident of Chanapora. Srinagar has been arrested under Section 3 of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act.
“Proceedings have been started for the formal attachment/sealing of the residential house as per Section 18 of the Act,” a police official said.
Police, on Monday evening, busted a prostitution racket in Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Srinagar and arrested eight persons including four women.
–IANS
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