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Mumbai: Prostitution racket busted in Thane; three women rescued, female pimp held

The Police have busted a prostitution racket operating in Maharashtra’s Thane city. The cops during the raid rescued three women. The team laid a trap on July 22 evening by sending a decoy customer near a restaurant in Wagle Estate area here.

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Updated Jul 24, 2022, 15:37 IST

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Thane: In yet another major crackdown, the Police have busted a prostitution racket operating in Maharashtra’s Thane city. The cops during the raid rescued three women from the vicious cycle.

Acting on a tip-off, the team laid a trap on July 22 evening by sending a decoy customer near a restaurant in Wagle Estate area here, The Free Press Journal reported.

The cops arrested a woman who was allegedly running the prostitution racket, the official said. The police also rescued three women - two aged 20 and 22 belonging to West Bengal and one 18-year-old native of Samastipur in Bihar, the official asserted.

“The accused woman used to charge Rs 20,000 per customer and pay Rs 3,000 out of it to the victims. The accused and the victims worked as bar dancers in Dombivli township here, but as the money earned from it was insufficient, they had taken up flesh trade,” the official said.

One of the rescued women, aged 22, hailing from West Bengal, told the police that she was compelled to take up prostitution to pay for the medical treatment of her father who was suffering from tuberculosis, said senior police inspector Mahesh Patil from the anti-human trafficking cell.

The rescued women were sent to a shelter home, the official added. The police have registered a case against the accused under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

Recently, in March 2022, the Mumbai Police have busted a flesh trade racket that targeted girls from poor families living in the eastern suburbs.

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