PUNE: The Pune police have busted a high profile sex racket and rescued nine women. The high profile sex racket was being operated from posh Koregaon Park, the master mind has been arrested by Pune city police.
The accused has been identified as one Pinto Maurishis alias Maurish Marshal Pinto, a native of Karnataka, who lived in Kasar Amboli in Paud. His three accomplices Krishna, Raju Sheth and Ishwari Prasad Bhatarai are on the run.
The sex racket was busted by the anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) of Pune police on July 10. A total of nine women have been rescued from the clutches of sex racketeers who were operating from a row house in Gold Enclave society and a bungalow in Clover Garden society. The women were brought from Mumbai, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Lucknow, and Delhi.
According to police, the prostitution racketeers have agents in various cities and states who lure girls under the pretext of giving them jobs and then trap them in prostitution. They used to charge thousands of rupees from customers and give some share to these girls and kept major share with themselves.