When Bhubaneswar Police investigators probing the alleged rape of a minor traced an autorickshaw booking that brought her to a local hospital, they knew it was a strong lead. What they didn’t know was that it would expose an inter-state sex racket operating from a posh neighbourhood.

On Saturday, police raided a three-storey building in the city where the racket had allegedly been running for the past three to four years. Four people – including two alleged sex traffickers and the house owner – were arrested, and three victims from different states were rescued.

The case began on October 16 after police received a report of the alleged rape and registered a case of sexual assault under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

“As the survivor had no attendant or mobile number, the police tried to a

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