Kolkata: A sex racket being run at a salon and spa in Kolkata has been busted where five persons have been arrested and three sex workers, including two Thai nationals, were rescued, police stated on Thursday. Based on prior information, officers raided The Thai Retreat on Wednesday which is sitauted at 56 Sarat Bose Road to unearth a sex racket operating in the disguise of a salon-cum-spa.

"Three sex workers, including two Thailand nationals were rescued. Two customers namely Dhiraj Lal Gandhi, 76, and Komal Behati, 55, have been arrested along with the manager Payel Banerjee, her assistant Chandrani Mondel and a pimp Afsar Hussein," a senior Kolkata Police officer said.