Prostitution racket busted, 5 Thai women rescued

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) busted a high-end prostitution racket at RMV Extension on Friday and rescued five women, all natives of Thailand.

They also arrested five men – Chandrakanth, Sanjeev, Louis Ranjith Kumar, Anish R and Abhishek R, all residents of the City – and recovered a few thousand rupees, seven mobile phones and an Apple iPad from them.

Based on a tip-off, the CCB officers raided Kiyora Wellness and Thai Spa and arrested the five men and rescued the women.

During interrogation, the suspects said Kumar and his wife Veena, who owned spa, brought women from Thailand after promising them lucrative jobs in the City. Later, the women pushed into prostitution, said the police.

The jurisdictional Sadashivanagar police have booked the suspects under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and IPC Section 370 (buying or disposing of any person as a slave).