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Chandrapur: Local Crime Branch (LCB) officials raided the Red Light area of Gautam Nagar on Saturday night and rescued three girls from different states in forced sex work. Two women who ran the illegal operation were arrested from the spot, while the rescued girls were sent to the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre.
Police Inspector Balasaheb Khade, LCB in-charge, said that he had received a tip-off about two women running a sex racket in Gautam Nagar area. Accordingly, a dummy customer was sent to his place and a secret team of LCB following his signal raided the spot. Police nabbed two women from the place who were using them as sex workers to earn money by bringing girls from Rajasthan, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.
Both the women were immediately arrested and brought to the city police station, where sections 3,4,5,6,7 of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, 1956 under sections 370, 370(A), 371 of the IPC Offense was registered. against them.
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