Not less than 5 girls had been rescued and three individuals arrested, after the Mumbai police busted a prostitution racket working within the western suburb of Malad right here, an official stated on Saturday.
5 victims, together with two minors, had been rescued within the operation that occurred in Manori on Thursday night, the official stated.
Performing on a tip-off, officers of the crime department`s Unit-11 raided two motels, the place they allegedly discovered that the victims had been being compelled into prostitution, he stated.
The police have arrested two managers of the motels and a girl who was performing as a pimp, the official stated.
An FIR below related sections of the IPC, Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) and Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered towards the accused at Gorai police station, the official added.
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