Thane: A 41-year-old actress has been arrested by the Thane district police in Maharashtra on charges of running a prostitution racket.
The arrested actress has been identified as Anushka Moni Mohan Das. She used to push aspiring actresses into prostitution, a police officer said on Friday.
Based on a specific tip-off, a police team secretly contacted Anushka Moni Mohan Das by deputing two customers. She had told the customers to meet her at a mall on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Kashimira on Wednesday.
Later, the police raided her while she was accepting money from the customers and caught her red-handed. Assistant Commissioner of Police Madan Wabhayan said that two women who were acting in TV serials and Bangla cinema have also been rescued.
A case has been registered against Das under Section 143(3) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for human trafficking and the Prevention of Immoral Activities Act (PITA).