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Mumbai, Jun 17 (PTI) Thirty-three women were rescued after a sex racket was busted at VP Road in south Mumbai by the Crime Branch, an official said on Friday.
Acting on a tip off, Unit VII of the Crime Branch raided a two-storey building on Nawalkar Road in Girgaon area and rescued 33 women who had been forced into prostitution, he said.
A total of 23 persons, including agents, staff and customers, were nabbed in the raid, he added.
A case has been registered at VP Road police station under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and IPC provisions, he said.
