01 November,2012 12:06 PM IST | | Agencies
In a bid to combat prostitution, the Mumbai police raided a building and rescued eight girls, who were allegedly a part of immoral trafficking.
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Police official Sanjay Laxman Gaikwad told the reporters on Wednesday that cops from social service branch and Nagpada police station conducted a combined raid after they came across an advertisement in a newspaper.
"We saw an advertisement in a newspaper on October 31 on page number 20, where a mobile number was given. The advertisement read 'A to Z beautiful girls supplied'. The squads of social service branch and Nagpada police station conducted a joint raid after planning," said Gaikwad.
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The Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) act is meant to combat trafficking of females as well as prostitution in the city.
According to media reports, more than a hundred girls have been rescued in the past few months from bars, saloons and massage centres, which were functioning as prostitution dens.
Gaikwad also said that they have also arrested a middleman and a woman Farida Sheikh and recovered cash worth Rs 23,500.
