Flesh trade racket busted at Beed hotel, woman rescued, two held

Police have busted a flesh trade racket operating from a hotel in Maharashtra's Beed district and rescued a woman who was being forced into prostitution, officials said. Two men have been arrested in connection with the case, police said on Monday, October 6.

Acting on intelligence inputs, police raided the hotel located behind a bus stand in Ambajogai on Monday afternoon. They apprehended two men and seized about Rs 18,000 in cash, two mobile phones and packets of contraceptives from the premises, an official said. They also rescued a woman who had allegedly been lured by the accused into prostitution.

The two men were booked under relevant provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, police added.