Police cracks down on global flesh trade racket, 3 arrested

The officers arrested Mohammad Anwar Shaikh (56), Tinku Raj (36) and Farid Ul Haq Aziz (55).

Event managers doubled up as pimps, arrested

According to the police four women aged 22 to 25 years were rescued from the clutches of the flesh trade racketeers.

Acting on a tip-off the CID raided Hotel Silver Door at Sukanta Pally on Belghoria Expressway in Dum Dum on Wednesday night.

Offences were registered against the three accused under relevant sections of the IPC, POCSO Act and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

Pramod Singhania, the accused, however fled before the local residents arrived.

A case has been registered under sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.

Nishath explains that there is no safety of women who are married to foreigners so it is always safe to get a background check done about the men.

Based on a tip-off, the sleuths of the district rural police's anti-human trafficking cell raided a residential locality in Mira Road.

Police chief Khurania said 21 women engaged in flesh trade were rescued from brothels and 23 people have been arrested during the raids.

And in Italy's migrant-saturated southern ports, prising these young Nigerian girls away from their traffickers is a formidable challenge.