Anti-vice squad arrests man for forcing women into sex work; 1 rescued
Police received a tip off about prostitution in a flat in an apartment complex on VM Street, Mylapore after which a raid was conducted by a team.
CHENNAI: The anti vice squad of Chennai police on Saturday arrested a 36 year old man for forcing gullible young women into sex work. One woman was rescued from an apartment in Mylapore, police said.
The arrested person was identified as V David Jayakumar of R A Puram.
Police received a tip off about prostitution in a flat in an apartment complex on VM Street, Mylapore after which a raid was conducted by a team.
Police said that the arrested person, David Jayakumar was part of a gang that lured young women who come to the city with aspirations to break into the film industry and forced them into prostitution.
The accused was produced before a magistrate and remanded in custody.
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