Acting on a tip, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the city police on Tuesday laid a trap near the Mumbra railway bridge and nabbed a female agent, said a police official
The three women have been sent to a rescue home, an official said. Representational Pic/File
The Thane Police in Maharashtra have exposed a prostitution racket with the arrest of a female agent and the rescue of three women, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.
Acting on a tip, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the city police on Tuesday laid a trap near the Mumbra railway bridge and nabbed a female agent, said senior inspector Vaishali Gorde.
During the operation, the police also rescued three women who were being pushed into prostitution.
The three women have been sent to a rescue home, she said.
A case has been registered against the female agent at the Mumbra police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 143 (trafficking of person) and the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA), the official added, according to the PTI.
Five Bangladeshi women held from Pune's red light for illegal stay in India
Meanwhile, in an another incident, last week, the Pune City Police arrested five Bangladeshi women from the Budhwar Peth red-light in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said.
Acting on a specific tip-off, senior officers from the Faraskhana Station and the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) carried out a targeted operation in the red-light district on Friday. The women detained were found to be living in India illegally without valid documentation, according to the news agency ANI.
Preliminary investigation revealed they arrived in India unlawfully from Bangladesh, pretended to be residents of West Bengal, and came to Pune to engage in prostitution. The women, aged between 20 and 28, had been using false identity documents to remain in India.
The operation also revealed the involvement of several traffickers who arranged their illegal entry and stay in India. Police have registered cases under relevant sections of the Immigration Act, Passport Act, and Human Trafficking laws, as per ANI.
The investigation is being carried out under the supervision of senior officials, with further efforts underway to identify and apprehend the trafficking network operating across borders.
(with PTI and ANI inputs)
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