PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 5 -- Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a sex racket allegedly being run from a house owned by a woman IAS officer in the Naibasti area under the Kydganj police station limits here. Acting on repeated complaints from local residents about suspicious activities, a police team conducted a raid and arrested nine people -- five men, including the alleged ringleader, and four women.

Deputy commissioner of police (city) Manish Shandilya said the racket had been operating from the rented house for nearly three months. "The raid was carried out following complaints from residents. All the accused have been arrested and legal action is underway," he said.

According to police, Sarvesh Dwivedi, a resident of Dariyabad under th...