The Ernakulam rural police on Saturday busted a sex racket in Chengamanad and arrested five persons in this connection.
The arrested have been identified as Jesin, 40 of Manjapra, his wife Sibi, Anitha, 27 of Kakkanad, and Ajith and Deepu of Kodungallur.
Jesin was allegedly the kingpin of the racket, which operated from a rented house near Parambussery.
Acting on a tip-off about the frequent movement of people to the location, a police team raided the house around 1.30 a.m. “The couple would stay at a particular location for a maximum of three months to avoid public attention. This time, they had rented the house here about two months ago on the pretext of running a rice flour unit’’, officials said.
They also used a covered autorickshaw, used generally for transporting goods, for bringing customers to the house. However, local residents grew suspicious over the movement of vehicles to the house in the night and informed the police.
The accused were booked under provisions of the immoral trafficking Act and remanded in judicial custody.
