Police have arrested a 35-year-old woman for allegedly forcing a teenaged girl into flesh trade in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday.
An NGO had complained to police that the woman, who used to work in a bar in Valiv area, was planning to sell the 16-year-old girl for Rs 4 lakh and push her into prostitution, he said.
The police laid a trap and caught the woman at a roadside eatery in Vasai area on Monday when she came there to strike the deal, the official said.
They rescued the girl and arrested the woman, he said.
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The accused was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
