A sex racket was busted on Tuesday in Barkhedi area of Bhopal. (Image for representation)

A sex racket was busted on Tuesday in Barkhedi area of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh leading to the arrest of 10 people, including a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, police said.

The said sex racket was reportedly being run inside a fake clinic at a crowded locality of Barkhedi.

According to Crime Branch DSP Aditi Bhavsar, one of the accused described himself as the state president of TMC during the interrogation.

His visiting card was also recovered, on which the name 'Sachin Singh Chauhan' is written and underneath it the designation says 'State President of TMC'.

Not only this, when India Today team visited Sachin's house, there was also a board of reading 'TMC State President' outside his house.

The state's director general of police had received a complaint that a sex racket was being operated in Barkhedi area following which a raid was conducted, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Nischal Jhariya.

"We arrested kingpin Gayatri Veer Singh (40), who claims to be doctor, three women in the 20-30 age group, and six men who were customers," he said.'

(With PTI inputs)