The Pune city police rescued two Bangladeshi women who were dragged into a sex racket after being illegally brought to India with the assurance of getting them jobs at beauty salons.

Police have arrested an alleged sex racketeer Raju Patil, a resident of Dhankawadi. Police have launched a search for his wife who they said is also involved in the crime.

An FIR was lodged at the Bharati Vidyapeeth police station on Friday under Sections 143,127(2), 127(3), 115(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and relevant sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.

According to police, one of the women called the control room of the Pune city police on Friday alleging she was being forcefully taken for prostitution.

The information was passed on to the Bharati Vidya

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