Acting on a tip-off, the anti-human trafficking cell, Haridwar, arrested three persons, including a woman, from Ranipur, Hardwar, for their alleged involvement in prostitution on Saturday.
Two of the accused have been identified as Sandeep, resident of Kankhal and Nitin, resident of Roorkee. Other three accused — lakki, native of lakshminagar, New Delhi, lakki Verma and Varun Chauhan, residents of Haridwar -escaped from the scene.
The woman arrested is from New Delhi, it is learnt. Haridwar police said that teams have been formed to arrest the absconders and a case (FIR number: 144/15) under appropriate sections of Immoral Trafficking Act has been registered against the accused in the Kotwali police station, it is learnt.