Calangute man held in flesh trade
SALIGAO: Porvorim police arrested a 48-year-old taxi driver from Calangute and rescued a 22-year-old woman after busting a prostitution racket in Porvorim early Saturday morning.
According to police, the accused, Anthony Fernandes, had come to deliver the victim to a customer near Nova De Goa hotel in Porvorim, when a police team arrested the accused and rescued the victim, who hails from Pune.
Police suspect that a female pimp is also involved in the trade and are on the look out for her.
An offence has been registered under Sections 4, 5 & 7 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 and Section 370 of IPC. Police said the operation of trapping the accused was assisted by member of the NGO, ARZ.
