Brothel operating in spa's guise busted in Kolkata, 5 held

Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) An alleged brothel running in the guise of a spa in south Kolkata's Short Street has been busted and five persons including the owner and two pimps arrested, while three girls were rescued, a senior police officer said on Monday.Acting on source's information, a team of the anti-human trafficking unit of the city police's Detective Department raided the "Chandan N Sylvia by Ahmed Salon and Spa" and found the brothel purportedly being operated there.Five persons - the manager-cum-owner, two pimps and two customers - were arrested during Saturday's raid. Three girls were rescued, said city police's Joint Commissioner, Crime, Murlidhar Sharma.The manager-cum-owner and the two pimps have been sent to police custody till March 6.A case of criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code and under various sections of the Immoral Trafficking Act has been filed against the accused.
--IANS ssp/vd