‘Sex Racket’ In Divyang Training Centre: 6 Including Prime Accused & Clerk Of Khordha DSSO Arrested

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested six persons including prime accused Suresh Behera in connection with the sex racket at divyang training centre in Palaspalli area of the Bhubaneswar.

Behera is the secretary of the All Odisha Orthopedically Handicapped Welfare Association. The other arrested persons are Sangram Das, a clerk of Khordha District Social Security Office (DSSO), two employees of the divyang training centre- Rakesh Sarangi and Sanjukta Meher, a woman from Cuttack and an agent from Bhubaneswar.

The main accused, Behera, will be taken on remand for further investigation into the case, Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Umashankar Dash told OTV.

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"The medical examination of the arrested persons is underway and after completion of the process, we will take decision on their remand," Dash said.

Sharing further details about the criminal antecedents of the arrested persons, Dash said the arrested woman from Cuttack and the agent Lulu from Bhubaneswar were involved in immoral trafficking.

"During investigation, we learnt that the woman from Cuttack, who is a queen bee of sex racket and Lulu of Bhubaneswar, a pimp, were involved in immoral trafficking and human exploitation. We will conduct further investigation into it," he said.

"Those who have been arrested and other witnesses we have examined could not provide any important information regarding the case. We will examine the CCTV footage of the training institution. The institution was closed during the lockdown and repairing works were undertaken," the DCP added.

Earlier, Madhu Manjari Dhal, an instructor of the divyang training centre was arrested in connection with the sex racket case.

In January this year, the high profile sex racket at the divyang training centre came to light after a video clip containing the immoral activities had gone viral on social media. Behera was at large since then and nabbed recently by a special team of police.

The whistleblower, a former woman employee of the centre, had alleged that Behera was the mastermind of the racket. She had also revealed that not only the common man but also government officers visit the centre for their sexual appeasement.

(Edited By Pradeep Singh)