<p>Police have unearthed a suspected prostitution racket being run in a spa in Mantri Square, the bustling shopping mall in Malleswaram, north Bengaluru. Three women, hailing from Thailand and Russia, have been rescued. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) raided Spa Nation on the second floor of the mall following credible information, a senior police officer said. The sleuths were taken back by the “audacity” of the racketeers to run the brothel in such a teeming shopping mall. They arrested the spa’s manager, Shobha, 25, a resident of Banaswadi, assistant manager Shehnaz, 28, a resident of Benson Town, and Shariff Saab Hasan Saab Nadar, 23, a housekeeper from Malleswaram. Another staffer, Amit Kumar, is absconding. <br /><br />The Thai and Russian women had come to Bengaluru looking for a job. They got in touch with the spa management through agents who lured them with the promise of a quick buck. The women were kept in illegal confinement and forced into prostitution, the officer said. <br /><br />“We will check their visa and passport before taking any further action. The management had obtained licence to run a spa but was running a prostitution racket. It’s unusual that it was operating out of a shopping mall where there is constant movement of people,” the officer said. <br /><br />A case has been registered at Malleswaram police station. <br /> </p>
<p>Police have unearthed a suspected prostitution racket being run in a spa in Mantri Square, the bustling shopping mall in Malleswaram, north Bengaluru. Three women, hailing from Thailand and Russia, have been rescued. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) raided Spa Nation on the second floor of the mall following credible information, a senior police officer said. The sleuths were taken back by the “audacity” of the racketeers to run the brothel in such a teeming shopping mall. They arrested the spa’s manager, Shobha, 25, a resident of Banaswadi, assistant manager Shehnaz, 28, a resident of Benson Town, and Shariff Saab Hasan Saab Nadar, 23, a housekeeper from Malleswaram. Another staffer, Amit Kumar, is absconding. <br /><br />The Thai and Russian women had come to Bengaluru looking for a job. They got in touch with the spa management through agents who lured them with the promise of a quick buck. The women were kept in illegal confinement and forced into prostitution, the officer said. <br /><br />“We will check their visa and passport before taking any further action. The management had obtained licence to run a spa but was running a prostitution racket. It’s unusual that it was operating out of a shopping mall where there is constant movement of people,” the officer said. <br /><br />A case has been registered at Malleswaram police station. <br /> </p>
