Mysuru: The people of the state are well aware about the cases of human trafficking and flesh trade that are carried out in abundance in and around, but the Mysuru Police have cracked and brought to light a high-tech flesh trade that has been going on via social messaging site, Whatsapp, in the royal city, during the festive month of Dasara.
Suresh, a native of Kurundi village in Nanjangud taluk in Mysuru is the main accused in the racket. He was reportedly caught red handed by the Saraswathipuram Station police on Sunday, October 18.
Details about the “Whatsapp” flesh trade
After interrogating the main accused in the case, it was revealed that the girls were brought in from Bombay, Kolkata and Delhi after a deal of Rs 15,000 per day was made. Once they were in the city, they were kept in rented houses.
When the clients made the call for it, the escorts were sent to Mysuru Star hotels in their own car during the night and were paid Rs 20,000 per night by the clients.
Suresh, the prime accused, allegedly carried out the flesh trade in a rented house and was paying the escorts Rs 5000 per hour. It has also been reported that he has been running the trade for the past 15 years. He was involved with other flesh trade businessmen in Bengaluru for 7 years and for the last 8 years is carrying out flesh trade during Dasara but has never been caught by the police.
Well experienced in the trade, Suresh used to bring girls from Kashmir, Bangla, Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata for a 10-day call sheet, pay them Rs15,000 each in advance, making sure that they were all sent back.
The clients would exchange messages via Whatsapp and Suresh used to send the photos of the women along with rates through this medium to the clients whose numbers were already saved in mobile, to ensure that he didn’t get caught.
When asked and paid for, Suresh used to drop the women to the hotel and bring them back the next morning, he has revealed.
From the last 8 years, he has brought hundreds of women to Mysuru during Dasara and pushed them into prostitution.
Suresh had made all necessary arrangements to bring more girls at the time of Dasara but his attempts was foiled by Saraswathipuram police on Sunday, October 19.
The police have also rescued a girl from Mumbai and have seized a car used for the trade.
