Deputy superintendent of police (City) Chaudhry Ashraf said patrolling and the
recent arrest of 26 people in raids on hotels had failed to root out child
prostitution, Dawn reported.
Ashraf said since the police couldn't catch the arrested men red-handed, it
could not book them under clauses relevant to prostitution. A court released
the suspects.
"Unless the suspects are caught red-handed, they cannot be charged under
section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code relating to unnatural offences," he
said.
Ashraf said small hotels often do not register the addresses of guests. "This
probably leads to an increase in child sex abuse," he said.
The police last week asked the owners of small hotels to start registering the
addresses of guests before providing them rooms.
Several residents accused the managements of some schools of forcing students
into prostitution. Others alleged that video arcades in the Yakatoot area
supplied prostitutes.
