Thane, Feb 24 (PTI) Police have arrested two persons for allegedly running the flesh trade from a massage parlour in Maharashtra’s Thane district and rescued a woman and a minor girl from there, an official said on Friday.
Following inputs about a prostitution racket, the police sent a decoy customer to the massage and spa centre at Naya Nagar area of Mira Road, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on Wednesday, said the official.
After being alerted by the decoy, a police team raided the premises and rescued a woman and a minor girl, said Sameer Ahirrao of Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police.
The cops also arrested the parlour manager Tousif Khan and a worker named Gopalkumar Mali who had struck a “deal” with the decoy, he said.
The woman and the girl have been sent to a rescue home, he said, adding that they are on the lookout for the massage parlour owner whose name was given as Heena Qureshi. PTI COR NR NR
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