# Odisha police bust sex racket in Jagatsinghpur, five held 2026-08-17T20:26:45+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district busted an alleged sex racket at Purohitpur on Monday, detaining five people including two women. Acting on a tip-off, a team raided a rented house and rescued a sex worker. The alleged kingpin and four others were held for questioning. The organiser reportedly told investigators she had been running the operation for long and had brought women from outside. Police are also probing the role of her second husband. Three others, including two men and a woman, escaped during the raid. Authorities seized 10 mobile phones, Rs 3,750 in cash, tablets, condoms, and two bikes. The raid is part of 'Operation Asha Jyoti', an intensified police drive against illegal sex trade in the district. A similar raid by Tirtol police earlier led to five arrests. Investigation is on to trace the wider network. ## Coverage - odishatv.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Jagatsinghpur, Odisha Police, Operation Asha Jyoti Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-police-bust-sex-racket-in-jagatsinghpur-five-held/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-police-bust-sex-racket-in-jagatsinghpur-five-held/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/