18 August,2023 10:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Mumbai Police have arrested two persons for allegedly operating a sex racket and rescued three women in the western suburbs here, an official said on Friday, according to the PTI.
The crime branch had received information about a sex racket being operated through WhatsApp in the western suburb of Borivali, he said, reported the PTI.
Acting on a tip-off, the police on Thursday laid a trap near Sanjay Gandhi National Park and intercepted a car, which was being used to transport the women to their clients, the official said.
Two men were arrested and three women were rescued by the team, he said, adding that three mobile phones and the car were seized.
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The accused allegedly sent photos of women and their rates to customers on WhatsApp, the official said.
A case under section 370 (3) (trafficking) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act has been registered, he said.
In an another incident last mont, two persons have been arrested from a village near Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly pushing women into flesh trade, police said on Wednesday, the PTI had reported.
The duo- an autorickshaw driver and a woman pimp- was arrested on Tuesday after police raided a lodge in Ranjoli village and rescued two women, an official told the PTI.
Police have registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act.
Meanwhile, in an another incident in May, the MIDC police in Andheri east area of Mumbai had conducted a raid at a residential building and allegedly busted a sex racket which was run by a 35-year-old woman inside a flat. The police arrested the woman and a customer and rescued a 17-year-old minor girl.
The police sources had then said that the sex racket was allegedly running inside one BHK flat of a SRA building located in the MIDC Kanakiya locality area.
Police sources further said that during the inquiry, it was revealed that the accused woman was living on rent in this flat for the last 6 months and was running this sex racket for the last six months.
She used to take only one woman in a day and used to keep her in her house for the whole day, which the people of the neighborhood did not even doubt, police said.
The police said that they have sent the rescued girl to the rescue center and booked the women and the customer under various sections of IPC including the POCSO Act.
(with PTI inputs)
