Gurugram Police raids spa over alleged prostitution; 13 arrested

In a crackdown on prostitution rackets being run under the guise of wellness services, a joint team of Gurugram Police and the Chief Minister’s Flying Squad has raided a spa in Sector 19 and arrested 13 persons for their alleged involvement in illegal sex work, officials said on Wednesday.

The raid at Ras Wellness Spa, based on a tip-off, led to the arrests of four owners, two managers and seven customers, police said.

According to police, a special team was formed for the raid on Tuesday night. As part of the plan, Manoj Kumar, a sub-inspector, was sent to the spa as a decoy customer.

When police reached the spot, Kumar was in a room with a Thai woman. Two unused condoms and Rs 5,000 in cash were found in the woman’s bag, while around Rs 14,000 was seized from the spa counter, along with three point-of-sale machines, two registers, and 28 tokens, police said.

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Those arrested included managers Himanshu and Guddu Kumar and owners Swati Singh, Arjun Singh, Rishabh Malhotra and Ravi Tandon.

The seven customers nabbed from the waiting area have been identified as Ranbir, Manish, Raghu, Rahul, Raman, Harsh and Vishal.

Police have booked the accused under sections 3, 4, and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, the officials said. COR