3 including woman held for running sex racket in Maharashtra

Thane, Maharashtra: Three persons including a woman were on Saturday arrested for allegedly running a sex racket in Kalyan city of the district, police said.

Officials of the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell raided the lodged in Kalyan in the wee hours and rescued two girls and apprehended the trio - a person running the lodge, a auto-rickshaw driver and a woman, Police Inspector R M Mungekar of MFC police station said.

The trio was produced before the local magistrate today, who remanded them into police custody till July 11, the officer added.

A case under relevant sections of IPC and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act was registered, he said, adding investigations are underway.