Court remands sex racket accused to police custody

A local court here today remanded Shobha John, an accused in the apartment sex racket at Parayanchery in Kozhikode, to police custody for ten days. The order was passed by First Class Judicial Magistrate Court VI Eranhipalam on a petition by Assistant Commissioner of police (Narcotic cell) C Aravindakshan, seeking the custody of Shobha for interrogation in connection with the case. Police had busted the racket by arresting two women and three men from an apartment complex at Parayanchery in November. Shobha, who had gone absconding during her bail period in a sex racket case in Varapuzha in Ernakulam, was arrested by the police recently. PTI