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Prostitution racket busted in Goa, 2 victims rescued

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IANS Panaji

The Goa Police Crime Branch has busted a prostitution racket, arresting five pimps and rescuing two victims, police said Friday.

One pimp Harvinder Singh from Chandigarh is aged 30 while all the others are in their 20s, police said.

The other accused have been identified as Saurabh Amarnath Bajaj, 25, Pradeep Balwinder Singh, 22, Vicky Gurvindra Singh, 25, (all from Punjab) and Taveen Kumar, 24, from Haryana.

They have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

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First Published: Oct 10 2014 | 6:42 PM IST

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