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Goa Police rescued two women who

claimed to have entered into prostitution due to their poor

financial condition, an official said Thursday.

The women, who are in their early 20s and hail from

Mumbai and Odisha, were loitering near the Calangute beach in

North Goa district on Wednesday when they were picked up for

questioning, police inspector Jivba Dalvi said.

The police suspect that they were trying to solicit

customers near the beach.

When quizzed at the Calangute police station, the two

women claimed that the poor financial condition of their

families back home forced them into flesh trade, Dalvi said.

They were later shifted to a state-run protection

home, he added.

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