A BJP leader has been arrested along with 10 others on the charge of running a sex racket in a hotel in West Bengal's Howrah district, a senior police officer said on February 23.
The incident triggered a political row as the Trinamool Congress accused the BJP of shielding leaders involved in sex racket, while the BJP claimed that the ruling party was trying to deflect attention from the incidents of Sandeshkhali where women alleged sexual abuse by TMC leaders.
Sabyasachi Ghosh, a local BJP leader, and his 10 associates were arrested after the police raided a hotel in Sankrail on Thursday evening. During the raid, several girls and women were rescued from the hotel allegedly owned by the BJP leader, the official said. He claimed that the arrested people had been running the sex racket by bringing in girls and women to the hotel located near National Highway 116.
