Sex racket busted at restaurant in Bhiwandi; three arrested, minor among four rescued

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Three persons, including two women, were arrested after a sex racket operating from a restaurant was busted in Bhiwandi in Thane district, a police official said on Sunday.

A raid was carried out on the restaurant in Rajnoli village on Friday by the police's Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC), the official said.
"Three persons, including two women, were arrested, while four persons, one of them a minor, were rescued. The rescued persons have been shifted to the Shanti Van women's correctional home in Ulhasanagar," said AHTC senior inspector Chetna Chowdhary.

A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the official added.

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