"Sex tourism" racket busted in Mumbai; 2 women held, 2 victims rescued

Mumbai | Wednesday | 20th October, 2021

Summary:

Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI) The Mumbai Police"s crime branch on Wednesday said they have busted a "sex tourism" racket with the arrest of two of its women operators at the city airport.

The police also rescued two women, who were scheduled to go to Goa with dummy customers, after the racket was busted on Monday evening, a senior official said.

He said the crime branch had specific information that a woman, who was rescued in a case of immoral traffic prevention last year, was in the business of sex tourism with other partners at various popular destinations in the country.

Her modus operandi was to offer a client to take a woman along for sex to a tourist destination for two days, the official said.

After fixing a deal with the client, the woman, who is the main accused in this case, used to give a choice of place in the country, he said, adding that Goa was the most preferred destination among customers.

The accused would then send photographs of females to the client to select one out of them.