Two held in Pune for running sex racket

The social security cell of the city crime branch on Tuesday arrested two suspects, including a woman, for running a sex racket at Parihar Chowk. 

The police team also rescued three girls. The police have seized a car (MH-25 T 157) from the suspects. The arrested suspects have been identified as Minakshi Suryakant Shimpi (43) of Ashoka Society, Kalewadi Phata, and Rameshwar Sajjan Sukale (31) of Shrikrushna Colony, Thergaon.

Acting on a tip-off received from police constable Ashok Takalkar, senior police inspector Bhanupratap Barge and his accomplices laid a trap at Parihar Chowk and arrested the suspects.

The police said the suspects used to take girls in a car. During the interrogation, Shimpi told that she used to receive girls from one Lalan.