The Vasai Anti-Human Trafficking Cell, has booked and arrested a 41-year-old woman who lured women who had lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 lockdown, into prostitution. The police rescued two such women on Monday.

According to the police, Assistant Sub-Inspector Parkash Nikam attached to the Vasai Anti-Human Trafficking Cell, received information about the woman and informed Senior Inspector Bhaskar Pukle about it. Under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner Prashant Waghunde, Pukle sent a bogus customer and caught the accused woman, later identified as Aruna Chavan.