Overview
- Police in Pune detained 18 people in a late-night raid in Budhwar Peth that rescued a 15-year-old girl and identified 15 Bangladeshi nationals.
- Investigators arrested alleged operator Sumit Milind Chavan and named a woman known as Jyoti alias Sabina Aslam Sheikh along with two managers, Rahul Sharma and Samir Halwadar.
- Officers said they seized mobile phones and account diaries that could reveal transactions and client links tied to the prostitution network.
- Cases were filed under India’s new penal code, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the POCSO child-protection law, and the Foreigners Act, and four nearby flats were earlier sealed for one year.
- In a separate action in Bengaluru, the CCB detained six women near the Madiwala checkpost for solicitation and expired visas, with police saying most are from Uganda and Nigeria and FRRO-led deportation steps are underway.