Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; three held, six women rescued

The Navi Mumbai police have busted a sex racket in a raid at a lodging and boarding facility and arrested three persons an official said on Saturday reported news agency PTIBased on a tipoff the AntiHuman Trafficking Cell AHTC of the Crime Branch raided the premises in the Narpoli area of Kon in Panvel on Thursday the official saidThree persons were arrested and six women were rescued from the establishment he saidSenior inspector Prithviraj Ghorpade said the police used a decoy customer to bust the racket and arrested the manager of the lodge and two other employees reported PTIEfforts are underway to trace the fourth accused involved in the illegal activity he saidHe said an FIR has been registered at the Panvel Taluka police station under the Prevention of Immoral Traffic PITA Act and sections 3702 trafficking of person of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS29 children rescued from illegal hostel in Thane district after complaint about abuse 5 bookedIn another incident at least 29 children were rescued from an unauthorised hostel run by an organisation in Maharashtras Thane district following a complaint about abuse an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe police on Friday rescued 20 girls and nine boys from Pasaydan Vikas Sanstha a residential institution in Khadavli and registered a case against five persons under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act a release by the district administration stated reported PTIThe Child Helpline received a complaint on Thursday that children were being beaten up and sexually abused in the institutionA team from the District Women and Child Development office along with the police inspected the institution on Friday and found the allegations true after interacting with children the release saidThe rescued children were presented before the Child Welfare Committee Some of them study in the Zilla Parishad School in Khadavli reported PTIIn view of their upcoming exams the education department is coordinating with the office of education officer to make special arrangements for their examsAs per the release a case has been registered against the institutions director two of his family members and two othersCollector Ashok Shingare said The safety and welfare of children has always been the administrations priority Strict action will be taken against the culprits reported PTIDistrict Women and Child Development Officer Santosh Bhosale has appealed to all citizens to come forward with complaints about such unauthorised institutions and report abuse or exploitation of childrenWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params