Thane, February 23 Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
Following a tip-off about a man named Harish running a prostitution racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started an investigation on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, after which a trap was set in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell apprehended Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate, Raj Singh, is on the run. The two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.