The Social Security Branch (SSB) of Nagpur Police has busted an alleged sex trafficking racket operating in the Dhantoli area and arrested a 22-year-old man accused of luring women into prostitution by promising them easy money.
According to police, the action was taken on June 3 following a specific tip-off received by the SSB. The accused, identified as Dhammadeep Ravindra Gajbhiye (22), a resident of Bhivsen Khori in the Dabha area of Nagpur, was allegedly procuring women and arranging customers for commercial sexual activities in exchange for money.
Acting on the information, an SSB team, accompanied by two panch witnesses and a decoy customer, conducted a raid near Mate Apartment on the road connecting Chhatrapati Chowk to the Narendra Nagar railway underpass, under the jurisdiction of Dhantoli Police Station. During the operation, the police found the accused along with a woman at the location.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had allegedly brought the woman to the spot for commercial sexual exploitation and was facilitating prostitution for financial gain. Based on the findings, Dhantoli Police registered Crime No. 126/2026 under Sections 143(2) and 143(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
The accused was arrested, while the rescued woman was shifted to Karuna Hostel for care and rehabilitation.
The operation was carried out under the guidance of Police Inspector Rahul Shire and involved API Shivaji Nanware, NPC Sheshrao Raut, Police Constables Ashwin Mange, Kunal Masaram, Sameer Sheikh, Kunal Bodkhe, and Woman Head Constable Aarti Chauhan.
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