Pune police raid five-star hotel on Bund Garden Road, rescue two women

Pune Police have uncovered a high-profile prostitution racket operating from a reputed five-star hotel on Bund Garden Road in the city. It has emerged that women from other states were being brought in through agents to run the business. The incident is being described as shocking and outrageous.

The raid was carried out in a trap laid by the police with the help of a decoy customer. Police officers were stunned by what they found after the raid.

Police had received secret information that a high-profile prostitution racket was running in a well-known five-star hotel on Sangamwadi-Bund Garden Road, near Excise Colony. Acting on it, a team led by Police Inspector Ashalata Khapre of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) swung into action immediately.

The team first sent a decoy customer to the hotel and confirmed the information. As soon as it was established that the information was correct, the police team raided a hotel room without warning.

In the swift action, police rescued two victim women who had been brought from another state and worked in the modelling field. Preliminary information suggests they were pushed into the trade by being lured with money or by exploiting their helplessness.

A case has been registered at Koregaon Park police station against four people. The accused named include Rohan alias Rajkumar (32), Vivek alias Mayank Kabir (34) and Vikram alias Piyush (34), all residents of Assam. The fourth accused is their associate. The accused are alleged to have run the racket as agents.

The exposure of the racket in a five-star hotel has caused a major stir in the city and the hotel industry. Police are now investigating the case in greater depth.