Agra police busts flesh trade operating from BJP leader’s farmhouse

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Agra Police have busted a major sex-trafficking racket that was operating from the farmhouse of a former BJP district president.

There are allegations pointing to the BJP leader’s involvement in the flesh trade, stating he was given a portion of the booking amount. While there is no clarity on the allegations that are being probed by the police, the BJP leader has pleaded innocent.

According to an India Today report, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader in question has claimed that he had leased his farmhouse to some people – identified as Sachin, Vishnu, and Vishal Goyal -- who were carrying out the sex-trafficking, and he had nothing to do with it.

Bablu Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Agra has informed that the farmhouse was raided as part of a city-wide operation to bust sex-trafficking rackets. Commenting on what used to happen inside the raided premise, SSP Kumar said: “Women were first brought to the farmhouse and then sent to various hotels to meet clients.”

Several high-profile persons may be involved in the flesh trade, who are now being probed to find out the part they played in the human trafficking operation. Police are interrogating three women and six men at present.

Although the SSP has said “prima facie the BJP leader knew what was happening”, the politician has claimed the Agra police is trying to frame him.