A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly operating a sex racket in Thane's Kopri area
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A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly operating a sex racket in Thane's Kopri area.
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The anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) of Thane police raided spot in Kopri on Monday evening, and nabbed the woman.
"The accused had bought five other women to the spot," senior inspector Mahesh Patil said.
"She supplied women to customers in different parts of the state and neighbouring Goa," the official said.
According to the police official, the rescued women hailed from Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi and West Bengal.
An offence under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA) and relevant sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused.
(with inputs from PTI)
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