Overview

• The Thane Anti-Human Trafficking Cell laid a trap near the Mumbra railway bridge to arrest a female agent suspected of running a prostitution racket.
• Three women being pushed into prostitution were rescued during the operation and have been placed in a protection home.
• A case was filed at the Mumbra police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 143 and the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act against the arrested agent.
• Last week, Pune City Police detained five Bangladeshi women in the Budhwar Peth red-light area after they were found living in India without valid documentation.
• Senior officials are leading investigations under the Immigration Act, Passport Act and human trafficking laws to identify and dismantle cross-border trafficking networks.