Two held for running flesh trade racket in Thane

Thane, Jan 31 (PTI) Police have arrested two persons for allegedly running a flesh trade racket in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police's anti-human trafficking cell laid a trap near a hotel in Mira Road area on Saturday, senior police inspector Samir Ahirrao said.

They caught an auto-rickshaw driver and a woman for allegedly running the prostitution racket, he said.

Another woman, who was being forced into it flesh trade, was rescued, the official said.

A case was registered against the two accused under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, he said. PTI COR GK GK