JAMMU: Even though an Army Captain and 17 others, involved in alleged online sex scam, have been released on bail, Jammu Police is looking for over half a dozen call girls and pimps, whose whereabouts remains a mystery, as their phones are continuously coming switched off.
Tacit support of some of the senior police officers to these sex racketeers has also created hurdles for the police teams, which cracked the nexus, to move ahead.
A police team has assessed the records to nab these absconding call girls and their pimps. However, search for the main kingpin has been stepped up.
Carried out with the help of social media like Facebook and WhatsApp, the women involved in the scam are in the age group of 26 and 40.
FIR 93/2016 U/S 67-A, B IT. Act. 5/8 PIT Act stands registered at Janipur police station and investigations are on.
Police had initially nabbed three brokers including Sunil Kumar, son of Suram Dass, resident of Laswara Bishnah, at present Toph Sherkhania Jammu, Parvinder Kumar, son of Ram Labhaya, resident of R. S. Pura Jammu and Jagdev Singh alias Meikle, son of Kura Ram, resident of Morcha Pur Pandorian Bishnah.
During their interrogation, the accused revealed the spots and names of the girls and pimps. Accordingly, raids were conducted and several persons were nabbed, which included Army Captain Ankur Bansal (27), son of Ajay Bansal, resident of JB Nagar Andheri Mumbai at present Satwari, Mandeep Singh (32), son of Charanjeet Singh, resident of 803 Sai Sappheise Mumbai at present Hotel Char Chinar Jammu, Mumtaz (35), (name changed), resident of Nawalan Pundan District Baramulla, Priya (26) (name changed), resident of Bhour camp Chatha, Shanti (41) (name changed), resident of Digiana, Aman Sharma (17), son of Romesh Kumar, resident of Preet Nagar Digiana Jammu, Inderjeet Singh (31), son of Kirpal Singh, resident of Preet Nagar Digiana Jammu, Kewal Singh, son of Sardar Singh, resident of Jagti Nagrota Jammu, Simrit Kour (28), (name changed), resident of Chatta Bhour Camp Jammu, Sunita, (38), (name changed), resident of Badyal Brahmana at present Bakshi Nagar, Veena (21), (name changed), Sunita Verma (22), (name changed), both residents of Bhagwati Nagar Jammu, Seema Pandey 30, (name changed) resident of Digiana Ashram, Simi (40) (name changed), resident of Kotli Nowshera RS Pura and Jyotsana (26) (name changed), resident of Chadwal Tehsil Hira Nagar District Kathua.
All these accused are on bail. Sources informed that the Court of Inquiry has also been initiated against Army Captain.
The scam was unveiled after one Munesh Nand had lodged a complaint that while surfing Google, he was shocked to find a post “Seeking Sex with excellent model girls offered from Jammu on Phone numbers 9796416004 , 9107373301, 9796856396, 9796822111, 9988606087 and 9988559083” which revealed that these services are being provided by some locals of Jammu, who have their phone numbers registered on these sites. They manage girls for prostitution and provide them to customers-locals as well as non-locals.
Jammu Police has also approached the Facebook and Google, requesting them to keep a vigil besides monitoring of flesh trade through internet and keep eye on such sites indulging into this crime.