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Sex racket busted in posh Oshiwara society, four held

The Social Service Branch (SSB) of the city police on Saturday busted a sex racket that was operating from a posh housing society in Oshiwara. The police have arrested four persons, including an elderly woman, involved in the racket, and rescued three women involved in flesh trade.

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The Social Service Branch (SSB) of the city police on Saturday busted a sex racket that was operating from a posh housing society in Oshiwara. The police have arrested four persons, including an elderly woman, involved in the racket, and rescued three women involved in flesh trade.

SSB sources said they had received specific information that women were being made available for prostitution from a flat in the Incor Society building at Samarth Nagar on JP Road in Andheri (W).

Subsequently, a raid was conducted and three persons identified as Rajeshkumar Ravidas, Arjun Arthur and Gyaan Sethi were arrested, with an elderly woman who owned the flat.

"Three girls who were present in the house for purposes of prostitution were sent to the women's home after a medical examination. Those arrested have been booked under relevant sections of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and were handed over to Oshiwara police for further investigation," said an SSB official.

In a separate development, on Saturday night the SSB busted another flesh trade racket and arrested two persons, including a woman from a brothel at Grant Road. The police rescued eight girls, including a minor allegedly forced into prostitution.

An SSB team raided a room in the Rele Building on SV Road in Grant Road. "The girls were being subjected to torture by the accused persons. They also burnt them using cigarette butts. The minor girl was lured on the pretext of marriage and was brought to the city from Navi Mumbai. We are on the lookout for two more persons in the case," an SSB official said.

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