Navi Mumbai: Police have busted a flesh trade racket at a spa in Navi Mumbai and rescued 15 women who were being forced into prostitution, officials said.

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The spa owner and another person have been arrested, they said.

Based on a tip-off, the police sent a decoy customer to the spa located in Belapur area on September 27 and later conducted a raid at the establishment.

During the operation, they rescued 15 women, including one from Nepal and others hailing from Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat, a police release said.

The 32-year-old spa owner and a cleaner, aged 42, were arrested.

The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the police said.

PTI inputs