Man held for running prostitution racket in Mira Road

Thane, Jul 26 (PTI) A 56-year-old man was arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket in Mira Road area of Thane district, a police official said on Friday.
Dinesh Parmar, a resident of Dahisar in Mumbai, was held on July 24 after a raid on a hotel in Mira Road by the Anti Human Trafficking Cell following a tip off that was verified in a decoy operation, assistant commissioner of police (crime) Madan Ballal said.
"Two women who were rescued during the raid have been sent to a shelter home," Ballal said.
Parmar was booked under section 143 (3) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act for trafficking and other offences, the ACP said.

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