Three women were arrested for allegedly operating a sex racket and offering an 11-year-old girl to customers for a sum of Rs 40,000, police in Nagpur in Maharashtra said.

An official said the women were taking advantage of the minor girl's need for money to get her mother treated for cancer. Acting on a tip-off, which was confirmed by a decoy customer, the police's Social Security Branch (SSB) raided a home in Om Nagar on October 1, rescued the girl and arrested the three women operating the racket, he said.