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Prostitution racket busted in New Delhi

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March 27, 2004 18:37 IST

The Delhi police on Saturday claimed it has smashed a prostitution ring and arrested five girls, including an Uzbek, and four pimps from the premises of a four-star hotel in New Delhi.

Two cars, allegedly used to ferry the prostitutes, and 12 mobile phones were seized during a raid on Hotel Marina in Connaught Place late on Friday night.

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senior police officer said his department had information about about the racket and on Friday an undercover agent was sent to the hotel.

Posing as a customer, the agent paid pimps -- Yashpal and Bunty -- Rs 3000 and Rs 5000 for two girls.

The officer said the pimps mostly met prospective customers in parking  lots of five-star hotels.

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