Thane, July 23: The Thane police have exposed a prostitution racket with the arrest of a female agent and the rescue of three women, an official said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the city police on Tuesday laid a trap near the Mumbra railway bridge and nabbed a female agent, said senior inspector Vaishali Gorde.

During the operation, the police also rescued three women who were being pushed into prostitution. The three women have been sent to a rescue home, she said. Sex Racket Busted in Thane: Man Arrested for Operating Prostitution Racket From His Flat in Housing Complex in Vartak Nagar.

A case has been registered against the female agent at the Mumbra police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 143 (trafficking of person) and the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA), the official added.

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