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After proper verification, the Crime Branch sleuths deployed a dummy customer who contacted their agent-handler online.
The police said that almost 5,000 couples were active in various social media groups that promote wife swapping.
The apartment manager, who arrived early on Sunday, found the body.
An interstate sex racket which facilitated the sexual exploitation of a teen by over 100 men at four resorts in Wayanad district has been busted.
On December 24, the police busted another high profile escort service racket at a four-star hotel in Juhu area where aspiring models were allegedly pushed in flesh trade.
Earlier, such honeytrap rackets were reported from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Attempts were made to extort money from former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, former governor, eight ministers and several senior officers by threatening to release their compromising pictures. It was considered to be one of the biggest honey-trap rackets in the country.
Awareness campaigns have been launched in the area to make people cautious about human traffickers.
Released on Monday evening, Rahim was told that all cases against him were dropped.
She was freed only after the police arrested her along with several others from a house at Kadavanthra in Kochi on July 23, 1996.
The arrested people include nine sex workers, three customers and six other persons.