In a bid to combat prostitution, the Mumbai police raided a building and rescued eight girls, who were allegedly a part of immoral trafficking. <img alt="Cops bust prostution ring, rescue 8 girls" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/sex-racket-turbhe.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 353px; " /> Representational picture Police official Sanjay Laxman Gaikwad told the reporters on Wednesday that cops from social service branch and Nagpada police station conducted a combined raid after they came across an advertisement in a newspaper. &ldquo;We saw an advertisement in a newspaper on October 31 on page number 20, where a mobile number was given. The advertisement read &#39;A to Z beautiful girls supplied&#39;. The squads of social service branch and Nagpada police station conducted a joint raid after planning,&rdquo; said Gaikwad. The Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) act is meant to combat trafficking of females as well as prostitution in the city. According to media reports, more than a hundred girls have been rescued in the past few months from bars, saloons and massage centres, which were functioning as prostitution dens. Gaikwad also said that they have also arrested a middleman and a woman Farida Sheikh and recovered cash worth Rs 23,500.

Mumbai police raided a building and rescued eight girls who were allegedly a part of a prostitution racket.

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