On
Wednesday
(June
2,
2021),
the
Thane
crime
branch
busted
a
sex
racket
in
the
city's
Panchpakhadi
area
after
raiding
a
residential
building.
Notably,
the
cops
have
rescued
two
actresses,
in
which
one
has
worked
in
a
south
Indian
film.
Apart
from
that,
Thane
Police
have
arrested
three
people
in
connection
with
the
racket.
A
police
officer
informed
Times
of
India
that
after
receiving
a
tip-off,
cops
sent
a
decoy
customer
who
fixed
Rs
3.60
lakh
for
both
the
victims.
After
getting
confirmation
from
him,
cops
raided
the
building
and
arrested
three
people
for
their
involvement.
Those
three
arrested
have
been
identified
as
Sunil
alias
Vishal
Uttamchand
Jain
(42)
from
Goregaon,
Hasina
Khalid
Memon
(45)
from
Shailesh
Nagar,
Mumbra
and
the
apartment
owner
Sweety
Chada
(47).
The
cops
have
reportedly
begun
the
interrogation
and
found
out
that
they
fooled
innocent
women
by
offering
them
handsome
money
to
deal
with
their
crisis
caused
by
the
lockdown.
The
accused
further
revealed
that
Jain
and
Memon
acted
as
brokers
and
solicited
potential
customers
for
the
trade.
A
case
has
been
registered
with
the
Naupada
Police
Station,
Thane,
and
police
are
trying
to
know
if
there
are
any
other
accomplices
of
the
accused.
More
details
are
awaited!
For
women
in
distress
help
available
at,
Central
Social
Welfare
Board
-Police
Helpline:
1091/
1291,
(011)
23317004;
Shakti
Shalini-
women's
shelter:
(011)
24373736/
24373737;
All
India
Women's
Conference:
10921/
(011)
23389680;
Joint
Women's
Programme:
(011)
24619821;
Sakshi-
violence
intervention
center:
(0124)
2562336/
5018873;
Nirmal
Niketan
(011)
27859158;
JAGORI
(011)
26692700;
Nari
Raksha
Samiti:
(011)
23973949;
RAHI
Recovering
and
Healing
from
Incest.
A
support
centre
for
women
survivors
of
child
sexual
abuse:
(011)
26238466/
26224042,
26227647.