Nagpur: One arrested in decoy operation against alleged sex racket near Chhatrapati Chowk

The Social Security Branch of Nagpur Crime Branch and the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) have busted an alleged prostitution racket in the city. The action was carried out through a decoy operation near Chhatrapati Chowk on Wardha Road. According to police, one man has been arrested on the charge of making a woman available for prostitution in return for money.

The operation ran on November 10 between 5.20 pm and 9.20 pm. Police had received intelligence that the accused allegedly lured women with the promise of earning more money in less time, and then pushed them into prostitution for his own gain.

Police have identified the accused as Tushar Pramod Phulkari (32). He lives at Darsh Residency, RV Naka, on Karla Road in Wardha. Police allege that he worked as a pimp, that is, he arranged customers for women and facilitated commercial sexual activity.

After receiving the information, the Social Security Branch and AHTU teams planned a raid. Two independent panch witnesses and a decoy customer were used. During the operation, the accused allegedly offered an adult woman for sexual services to the decoy customer on a public road in front of Neeraj Decor, near Chhatrapati Chowk.

The police team then moved in and caught the accused. Items worth about Rs 12,000 were seized from the spot: a Realme mobile phone worth about Rs 10,000 and Rs 2,000 in cash.

After the raid, Rana Pratap Nagar police registered crime number 801/2026. The case has been booked under Section 143(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.

The accused has been handed over to Rana Pratap Nagar police for further legal action. Police are investigating whether more people were involved in the alleged racket and whether more women were being exploited through similar arrangements.