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Flesh trade racket busted in Gujarat's Palanpur

PALANPUR: The Banaskantha police busted a prostitution racket running in the guise of spa late on Tuesday night and rescued two women from Mumbai. They also arrested two men — Shankar Thakor and Jigar Solanki and booked them under different sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

According to the assistant superintendent of police Shushil Agarwal said that five persons managing the spa located at Abroad Highway locality managed to escape and will be nabbed soon. The accused include Dharmendra Padhiyar, Ankush Tawar, Hanif Sumra, Mukesh Chaudhary and a woman. They too have been booked under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

Agarwal said that they had sent a dummy customer at the spa to nab the accused red-handed. The women were called from outside Gujarat by the spa manager.

“We have recovered several photographs of the women along with their phone numbers and other electronic equipment from the premises,” said Agarwal

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