Panaji, Jun 28 (IANS): Eleven prostitutes were freed during a raid at a popular disco in a Goa beach village Monday afternoon, police said. A pimp and five clients were among ten people arrested.
The raid was carried by the Crime Branch on the disco in popular Candolim beach village in north Goa, 15 km from here. The prostitutes were sent to a designated protection home.
"The girls were brought from Mumbai and were being 'worked' at the Pharaoh's Den at Candolim where they were regularly visited by clients," police inspector Sudesh Naik told IANS, adding that Ashish Joglekar, a pimp, has also been arrested.
Apart from Joglekar, four of his associates and five clients who were found in compromising positions were arrested.