The Madhya Pradesh state Bhartiya Janta Party unit has expelled the state media coordinator of its scheduled caste cell after he was arrested by the cyber cell of the Bhopal Police for allegedly running a sex racket.

Neeraj Shakya was arrested along with eight others on Friday from a flat in the E 7 locality of Bhopal. Four girls were also rescued from the flat.

According to the police, Shakya and the gang used to call girls to Bhopal by assuring them jobs and then push them into prostitution.

TARGET WAS NORTH-EASTERN GIRLS

"The gang used to track girls through human resource websites. They used to get their details from their resumes and and then call them to Bhopal by promising them jobs," SP cyber cell Shailendra Chouhan said.

The gang of nine, out of which one is still at large used to target girls from north-eastern and southern states.

Police have also recovered a contact book from the accused and is verifying the numbers that are listed in it.

"We have found contact details of several girls and some high profile people in the contact book. Their involvement is being investigated and once it is established, action would be taken accordingly," police said.

The BJP initially denied any association with Neeraj Shakya but once the letter announcing his appointment started circulating on social media the party announced his expulsion.