Puducherry:  Puducherry police raid on spa centres and arrested a spa owner and around 40 customers and rescued a minor girl involved in the flesh trade reportedly operating at the spa. Police teams of Orleanpet and D Nagar police stations searched a few spas in their limits and found prostitution taking place in three spas at Maraimalai Adigal Road, Anna Nagar, and Kamaraj Road.

The police booked the case under the POCSO Act. The police arrested eight spa owners and some customers. They had also rescued 10 women involved in the flesh trade. Later, police found that one of the rescued women was a 17 year old.

According to the Orleanpet police during the search, she gave her wrong age, and later during the inquiry, we found she is a minor. After taking a statement from her, we filed a case under the POCSO Act against the spa owner and also against the customers, who came to the spa while she was involved in the flesh trade. We are checking the CCTV camera footage of the spa and call records of the owner to identify the customers. According to the girl’s statement, nearly 40 customers came to the spa.