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MARGAO
In a late night raid, the Colva police has bused a prostitution racket by arresting two persons and rescuing two females from Pune and Mumbai on late Friday night.
Acting on a tip-off that the accused and the victims were expected to come near the Colva football ground late Friday night in a four-wheeler, a Colva police team led by PI Melson Colaço, PSI Melito Fernandes, LPSI Sapna Gawas, and lady police constables rescued a 23-year-old from Pune and a 22-year-old female from Mumbai.
The police also arrested the two persons, namely Washim Akram (27) a resident of Calangute, but native of Rajasthan and Bharat Jaiswal, aged 36 years, a native of Madhya Pradesh, but presently staying a Calangute.
PI Colaco informed that the two accused have been charged for allegedly pushing the two girls into prostitution.
They were arrested under Section 370 (A) (2) IPC and Sections 4, 5, 7 of the Immoral Trafficking Act, 1956. The duo have been remanded to five days police custody for the purpose of investigations.
