Nagpur: Special Squad of Deputy Commissioner of Police (ZoneV)HarshPoddarraideda brothel at Royal Lodging & Boarding near Bhoyar College at Yashodhara Nagar in New Kamptee area and rescued two girls.
Cops arrested five persons, including the Lodge owner, in this connection. The accused have been identified as Jagdish Shankar Mohabe (26), Sanjay Ramsingh Mohade (53), Dharmapal Sanjay Mohade (31), residents of Ravidas Nagar, Yerkheda, Latabai Vijay Dolekar (62), a resident of Kamptee, near Dragon palance and Mohammad Sajid Shafiq Pathan (26), a resident of Yashodhara Nagar, near Bhoyar College.
Acting on a tip off, police sent two decoy customers to Royal Lodge. After the accusedacceptedRs1300andprovidedthem two girls and rooms in the lodge, the decoy customers signalled the police party standing nearby.
Cops raided the lodge and arrested the accused persons on charges under Sections 370, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, readwithSections3,4,5and7ofthePrevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.