Accused, who belong to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, worked as models during day

Five foreign women, including a pimp, were arrested from Lajpat Nagar area for their alleged involvement in a prostitution racket.


In the net: The girls were produced at Saket Court on Thursday.
Pic/Rajeev Tyagi

The accused, who belong to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, were arrested by a Special Investigation Team of the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.

All the accused are in their twenties and work as models during the day. They had come to India on tourist visa. Sources said that the accused solicited clients only through references.u00a0

Police said that they had received information that a call girl racket involving foreign nationals was being run from Lajpat Nagar for the past two months. "After we identified the pimp, a decoy customer contacted her on her cellphone. On Wednesday, they agreed to meet the decoy at a place in Lajpat Nagar-I. On meeting the decoy, the pimp told him that the charge was Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 a day.

A deal was struck and part payment of Rs 5,000 was made to the pimp, who then took the decoy inside the premises. Police immediately raided the place and nabbed the five accused,'' a senior police official said.

"Interrogation of all the accused revealed that the pimp has been staying in India for the last three years. She operated from different areas in NCR and shifted her base frequently to avoid detection," sources added.