Prostitution racket busted in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: In a major drive, Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths raided three spas and salons in SouthEast Bengaluru busted a prostitution racket. Sources from Bengaluru police said 13 women were rescued during the raids conducted by the CCB offi cials on Saturday in areas within HSR Layout, Madiwala and Ashok Nagar police station limits. The rescued women belonged to Delhi, Nepal, Assam, West Bengal and also from Turkey. It was revealed that the spas offered body-tobody massage for around Rs 3,000 along with “other” services, a senior police offi cer stated. The police registered a case against nine people involved in the racket. The rescued women were sent to state-run home rehabilitation centres and will be sent back to their native after counselling, a police offi cer said. Police also said that the women were brought to the city on the pretext of job offers, but were later forced into prostitution.