The team of Calangute Police along with the two pimps who were arrested for running a prostitution racket in Calangute.
MAPUSA
A team of Calangute Police busted a flesh trade racket with the arrest of two pimps and rescued two women from Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh.
Acting on specific information, police conducted a raid and intercepted the pimps who came with the two women to be supplied to prospective customers at Dolphin Circle, Naikavaddo, Calangute late Sunday night.
The accused pimps “ Kishan Verma (23) and Ajay Kundara (23) both from Rajasthan “ were picked up from the spot and arrested for running a prostitution racket.
According to police, the women had been confined at an apartment in beach village from where they were supplied to prospective customers.
The police team searched the premises and rescued the two women and later arrested the two pimps.
The statements of the rescued women were recorded in the presence of NGO members and subsequently lodged in the protective home, Merces, for safe custody after obtaining the orders from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mapusa, police said.
An offence under sections 370 and 370(3) of the IPC and sections 4, 5, 7 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 has been registered against the accused.
The police team was led by Calangute PI Laxi G Amonkar, PSI Rajaram Bagkar, Police Head Constable Vidyanand Amonkar and Police Constables Amir Garad, Bhagwan Palyekar, Laxman Patekar, Ganpat Tiloji, Francis Fernandes, Mrs Supriya Mayekar and Miss Deepa Gurav.
Calangute PI Laxi Amonkar is investigating further under the supervision of SDPO Vishwesh Karpe and SP North Shobhit Saxena (IPS).
