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Flesh Trade Racket Busted at Navi Mumbai Spa, Three Rescued
The police got a secret tip about a spa in Navi Mumbai, a city in India.
A spa is a place where adults go to relax and get massages.
But police believed something bad was happening at that spa.
They sent a decoy customer, which is a police officer pretending to be a real customer.
After checking, the police raided the spa.
They found three women who were being forced to work there against their will.
The police rescued the women and took them somewhere safe.
The spa manager was arrested for his part in the wrongdoing.
Police are still searching for the spa's owner and her helper.
The people involved are accused of breaking special laws that protect people from being forced into this kind of work.
Police raided a spa in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, on August 8 after a tip-off, using a decoy customer.
Three women allegedly forced into prostitution were rescued during the raid.
Spa manager Arif Aziz Mansuri (35) was arrested.
A search is on for the woman spa owner and her associate.
A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 143(3) and 3(5) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
- Who
- Police's anti-human trafficking cell, spa manager Arif Aziz Mansuri (35), three rescued women, and the wanted spa owner and her associate.
- What
- Raided a spa and busted a flesh trade racket, rescuing three women allegedly forced into prostitution.
- Where
- A spa in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- When
- The raid was conducted on August 8; the report was released on August 11.
- Why
- Women were allegedly forced into prostitution at the spa, prompting police action based on a tip-off.
Key facts
- Location
- Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Date of raid
- August 8
- Women rescued
- 3
- Person arrested
- Arif Aziz Mansuri (35), spa manager
- Persons wanted
- Spa owner (woman) and her associate
- Legal provisions
- BNS sections 143(3) and 3(5); Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
- Investigating unit
- Police anti-human trafficking cell










