Prostitution racket busted in Bangalore

Manager of Tequila bar, Vijay along with accomplice Mahendra Kotian, would lure girls promising them jobs, police said, adding Kotian, who is absconding, would also hand the girls an advance amount and then bring them to Bangalore.

The duo would then pressurise the girls to return the money and subsequently force them to provide sexual favours to clients, police said.

Following Vijay's arrest, police rescued three girls, two hailing from Punjab and one from Chandigarh from an apartment.