<p>Palghar: Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Saturday claimed to have busted a sex racket with the arrest of a Bangladeshi national.</p>.<p>The racket was operating for the last two years and nearly 250 women and girls were pushed into flesh trade through it, said an official.</p>.<p>The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of Mira-Bhayander Vasai Virar police commissionerate had received a tip-off that Ashok Das (54), a Bangladeshi national, was running a sex racket from a Mhada colony in Nalasopara area, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Madan Ballal.</p>.Woman jumps into lake in Maharashtra's Thane, rescued by fire brigade personnel .<p>Police used a decoy customer to strike a deal with the accused and then raided the flat on Friday and rescued a 17-year-old girl, the ACP said. Two more Bangladeshi women, around 23 years old, were also rescued from another place subsequently.</p>.<p>Das told police that he hails from Dacca and arrived in Delhi 15 years ago.</p>.<p>He brought girls from Bangladesh and provided them to agents in Mumbai's red light areas, he allegedly confessed.</p>.<p>Das was booked under relevant sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal Code and further probe was underway, ACP Ballal said.</p>
<p>Palghar: Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Saturday claimed to have busted a sex racket with the arrest of a Bangladeshi national.</p>.<p>The racket was operating for the last two years and nearly 250 women and girls were pushed into flesh trade through it, said an official.</p>.<p>The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of Mira-Bhayander Vasai Virar police commissionerate had received a tip-off that Ashok Das (54), a Bangladeshi national, was running a sex racket from a Mhada colony in Nalasopara area, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Madan Ballal.</p>.Woman jumps into lake in Maharashtra's Thane, rescued by fire brigade personnel .<p>Police used a decoy customer to strike a deal with the accused and then raided the flat on Friday and rescued a 17-year-old girl, the ACP said. Two more Bangladeshi women, around 23 years old, were also rescued from another place subsequently.</p>.<p>Das told police that he hails from Dacca and arrived in Delhi 15 years ago.</p>.<p>He brought girls from Bangladesh and provided them to agents in Mumbai's red light areas, he allegedly confessed.</p>.<p>Das was booked under relevant sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal Code and further probe was underway, ACP Ballal said.</p>