MH-RACKET-RAID

Police busted a sex racket being

run from a posh residential locality here Thursday evening and

rescued five women, four of them from Bangladesh, an official

said.

Two women pimps were arrested in connection with the

racket, said Ravindra Daundkar, senior inspector of the Thane

police's Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC).

The racket came to light after a team of officials

from AHTC raided the locality in Manpada area, he said.

The team rescued five women, including four

Bangladeshi nationals, during the raid, Daundkar said.

An offence was registered against the accused under

the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA), he added.

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