Police in Mumbai say that they have arrested a 32-year-old model from Juhu area of Mumbai for allegedly running a sex racket involving TV actors and models. According to the Crime Branch officials, they also rescued a TV actor and a model from a luxury hotel during a raid on Wednesday.
A report by news agency PTI said that the TV actor and model in question had worked with a prominent entertainment channel and a TV commercial for a soap.
The arrested model is believed to have struck a deal on behalf of the actor and the model worth Rs. 4 lakh. Responding to a tip-off, the Crime Branch’s Unit VII raided the hotel to arrest the model before rescuing others.
The police have launched an investigation and booked the accused, whose identity is not yet known, under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Activities (Prevention) Act.
The Mumbai Police had recently arrested Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra for allegedly running a porn film racket. Kundra is accused of producing and distributing pornography through a paid mobile phone app, Hotshot. The Mumbai Police, according to news agency PTI, has alleged that they had stumbled upon many WhatsApp chats that proved that Kundra was involved in the financial dealings of the mobile phone app that hosted alleged porn films.