City-businessman arrested in sex racket

AKOLA: A prominent city-based businessman was arrested and remanded to police custody for a day by a local magistrate for flesh trade on contract basis on Thursday, police said.
Nitin Ramesh Baheti was arrested along with seven others in the sex racket. A15-year-old girl from south Dhaka was brought here by two youths hailing from Nagpur and was sold to rich people.
Those arrested include, Shrikrishna Bhakre and his wife Durga, Aashish Dhumal and Rani Afsar, Manda Jadhav, Insan Ali and Noor Ali (The later three of Mumbai).
Shrikrishna Bhakre one of the accused from Akola had been using his mobile to contact customers. Police seized the mobile and retrieved data through which Nitin was traced out. Police is anticipating more such high profile arrests in the connection.
The seven arrested persons were already sent to jail under magisterial custody after their PCR was over the police said.