A 45-year-old woman was apprehended on Sunday evening for pushing her daughter into flesh trade. Six others have also been arrested. Sources say the mother had once tried to force the 18-year-old to sleep with a Saudi Arabia-based NRI, and when she refused, the accused had locked her inside a room for over a month. The daughter is not the only victim; cops rescued other girls residing in the same flat, who where working in the sex racket at the behest of the woman.

The prime accused forced her 18-year-old daughter into prostitution. Pic/Rane Ashish