Police have arrested a couple, who owned a massage parlour in Maharashtra’s Thane, for allegedly running a sex trade racket from their establishment.
As per officials, two girls have been rescued from the place.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the police's anti-human trafficking cell raided the massage parlour located in Kashimira area on Tuesday evening and busted the racket, the Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar police said in a release.
The 30-year-old man who owned the premises and his wife, aged 28, both hailing from Mangaluru, were arrested.
A case was registered against them under Indian Penal Code Sections 370 (trafficking of person) and 34 (common intention), and relevant provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the police said.
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The accused woman was last year also booked under similar offences by the Kashimira police, they added.
With PTI inputs
