Vadodara: A prostitution racket was busted by the prevention of crime branch (PCB) on Danteshwar Road in Makarpura on Friday night.
PCB sleuths said that they had been tipped-off that a woman was running a the racket at a bungalow on Danteshwar Road. On receiving the information, cops raided the house where they found the accused Usha More on the ground floor. On being questioned, she said that she had taken the bungalow on rent just before the lockdown.
When cops checked the rooms on the upper floor, they found a man identified as Ilesh Patel and a woman in a compromising position. The woman said that she is from Kolkata and worked as a sex worker. In another room, another accused Asha Vaghela and another prostitute was found. More, Vaghela and Patel were booked at Makarpura police station under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
Police officials said that Vaghela used to arrange the meeting between the sex workers and customers at More’s home.