Sex racket busted in a joint operation by the Social service branch (SSB) of city police and Hingna police counterparts at a hotel in the Hingna and arrested two persons who allegedly forced a 15-year-old girl into flesh trade. Police have also rescued the minor. The arrested accused are identified as Amol Dhere (30) and Shiva Lodiya (19).
According to police, at 1.55 pm on Monday, the SSB received a tip off from an NGO that a minor girl was being used in a sex racket at Maa Annapurna Hotel on Sangam Road in Hingna. Following the tipoff, SSB PI Shubhangi Deshmukh and Hingna police station PI Vishal Kale, sent two fake customers to the hotel.
As soon as a deal was made with the agents and money exchanged hands, police soon raided the spot. Police arrested two persons and rescued a 15- year-old girl who is now sent to government home. The accused have been booked under section of Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act.