<p>Police have arrested three men involved in a prostitution racket in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/torres-scam-58-year-old-arrested-in-navi-mumbai-total-arrests-in-case-reach-seven-23487185" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Navi Mumbai</a> and rescued three women, an official said on Friday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>Acting on a tip-off, the Navi Mumbai police's Anti-Human Trafficking Cell raided a lodge near APMC in Vashi on Wednesday after sending a decoy customer to confirm the illegal activity, an official release said.</p>
<p>As per PTI, police arrested lodge manager Bunty Saw, cook Kumar Gauda and agent Tarapada Das. Efforts are being made to nab a fourth person named Vicky, who is suspected to be involved in the racket, it said.</p>
<p>During the raid, the police rescued three women who were allegedly being forced into <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-three-arrested-for-running-prostitution-racket-in-thane-23438240" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">prostitution</a>. They have now been shifted to a government-run rescue and rehabilitation home, to receive counselling and support, the release added.</p>
<h2>Prostitution racket busted in Palghar, one held; 3 women rescued</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, in another incident earlier this month, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/palghar-police-book-three-in-kidnapping-of-mafia-dons-sibling-23473251" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Palghar Police</a> in Maharashtra had busted a prostitution racket and arrested one person in connection with the matter, an official had said, reported new agency PTI.</p>
<p>Three women were rescued after the sex racket was busted by the police, the official had earlier said.</p>
<p>"A 50-year-old has been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket in Maharashtra's Palghar district," an official said, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>Acting on inputs, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police raided a room near a hotel in Vasai East on Friday and busted the illegal business, he said.</p>
<p>Before the raid, police had sent a decoy customer who contacted the accused through <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-woman-whose-whatsapp-was-hacked-rues-hurdles-in-reporting-cyber-fraud-23486825" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">WhatsApp </a>and made a deal for Rs 29,000, he said.</p>
<p>Police also rescued three women, aged between 40 and 42, whom Shah used to exploit and send to his clients, said inspector Saurabhi Pawar of the Nalasopara unit of AHTC.</p>
<p>The accused has been booked under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, while the women have been sent to a shelter, the official added, as per news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Earlier, Three persons have been arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly being part of a prostitution racket while several women have been rescued, the police said, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>(with inputs from PTI)</p><p>
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