Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Saturday busted a sex racket, which was being operated under the guise of a spa in Pimple Saudagar. The police arrested the spa owner and rescued seven women.The crime branch’s anti-human trafficking unit, led by senior police inspector Nitin Gite, made the arrest. The police received a tip-off about the sex racket being operating under the guise of a spa in a complex in Pimple Saudagar. “We sent a decoy customer to the spa. After confirmation, our team raided the spa,” Gite said.The officer stated that the police found seven women from different parts of the country in the spa. These women were forced into prostitution by the spa owner. “We have sent the women to a shelter home and arrested the 30-year-old spa owner, who hails from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. A case against him has been registered with the Sangvi police,” the officer said.
