Thane, Jul 20 (PTI) Police have rescued two women, who were allegedly pushed into flesh trade, arrested a female agent who was part of the prostitution racket from Thane city of Maharashtra, an official said on Wednesday.

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The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of the city police's crime branch near a mall took the action on Tuesday evening, he said.

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"Acting on a tip-off that some women were being pushed into flesh trade, a police personnel acted as a decoy and later arrested the woman agent at Kapurbawdi locality," senior inspector Mahesh Patil of the AHTC said.

The police rescued two women, he said, adding that a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act were registered against them.

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