Bengaluru: CCB busts online prostitution racket, arrests three including hotel manager
Bengaluru: The CCB Police on Tuesday busted an online prostitution racket and arrested a couple along with the hotel manager after raiding the hotel here at Bannerpette Main Road under Hulimavu Police Station limits.
The arrested couple has been identified as Gaurav Raj and Heena Singh Solanki while the hotel manager has been identified as Annappa.
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The racket was being run at a private hotel here. According to police sources, Gaurav and Heena would traffic girls from other states and run a prostitution racket at the hotel. Working on credential information, the police raided the spot and arrested the accused.
The raiding team also rescued two women hailing from other states from the spot.
Four other accused escaped during the raid and the police said attempts were being made to trace them. The police further added that the couple used to run the racket through social media and used to lure customers by advertising on various social media platforms through their mobile phones.
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Commercial LPG price hiked by Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder
New Delhi (PTI): The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
A 19-kg commercial LPG - used by establishments such as hotels and restaurtants - now costs a record Rs 3,071.5 in Delhi as against Rs 2,078.50 previously.
Rates were last increased by 195.50 per cylinder on April 1. Prior to that, prices had gone up by Rs 114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1.
In three increases, commercial LPG rates have gone up by Rs 1,303.
Prices of domestic cooking gas LPG - the one used in household kitchens - remained unchanged. Domestic LPG rates were last hiked by Rs 60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7. It costs Rs 913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi.
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum revise ATF and LPG prices on the first day of every month based on international benchmarks and the exchange rate.
Global oil prices have shot up almost 50 per cent after the war in West Asia disrupted energy supply chains.
Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain frozen after a Rs 2 per-litre reduction in March last year; petrol currently costs Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 87.62.
