MAPUSA, APRIL 21
Mapusa police on Tuesday raided a massage parlour at Morod-Mapusa and detained five girls allegedly used in sex trade.
Police has booked the owner of the parlour, Sucorine alias Caroline Fernandes of Moira under Section 4 and 5 of the Immoral Trafficking Act.
The five girls, between the ages of 21 and 26 years, hail from Karwar, Manipur, Delhi and Bijapur. They have been sent to the remand home at Merces, after their statements were recorded in the presence of an NGO.
According to Mapusa DySP Sammy Tavares, police received information of a sex racket operating in Mapusa and had maintained a close vigil on the massage parlour at Morod. Mapusa PI Manjunath Dessai had even dispatched two decoys to study and obtain first hand information about the sex racket.
Police sources disclosed that the sex racket has been operating in Mapusa and other parts of Bardez for about a year, with full impunity from the men in uniform. DySP Tavares admitted that there could be more such parlours operating along the coastal belt.
It may be recalled that a similar massage parlour had been raided in Porvorim some days ago. PI Dessai is investigating the case under the supervision of DySP Tavares.
