Prostitution racket at Colaba hotel busted; 2 women, 1 minor rescued

A day after the anti-narcotic cell (ANC) busted a prostitution racket run under the guise of a massage spa, the cell on Saturday raided a similar racket posing as

A day after the anti-narcotic cell (ANC) busted a prostitution racket run under the guise of a massage spa, the cell on Saturday raided a similar racket posing as an escort service in Colaba. Police rescued two women who are aspiring models and a minor girl from the site.

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Crime branch investigators received information about a prostitution racket in south Mumbai. Acting on the tip, the ANC team along with the social service branch of the Mumbai crime branch, sent a dummy customer who called up the service.

“We laid a trap after the dummy customer was asked to come to Hotel Blue Light in Colaba to choose a girl. We then raided the hotel room,” said deputy commissioner of police, Shivdeep Lande.

Police arrested Momin Akthar, the hotel owner; Virendra Thakur, a waiter; and Sanjay Jain, a businessman who had come to the hotel to pick up one of the women, and rescued the two women and the 17-year-old girl. The three arrested accused have been charged under relevant sections of the IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986.