Flesh trade: 4 including minor held in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Shivaji Nagar police have arrested four persons including a lodge owner, manager, a pimp, and a minor boy for allegedly running a prostitution racket involving minor girls from poor families in Govandi and Shivaji Nagar slums in eastern suburbs.
The accused have been identified as Kushboo Shaikh, the pimp; Rizwan Qureshi, the owner of the lodge; his manager Ibrahim Qureshi, and a 16-year-old boy.
Police have invoked sections of rape, PITA, and POCSO. The victim has been admitted to Rajawadi hospital for abortion.